We had to joke around to stop the tears and start laughing instead.

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We like to joke around and say that to raise a family in Manhattan you have to make at least a million dollars a year.

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Maybe even joke around with it a bit to lighten up the tension.

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Around him, his soldiers now joke and give each other a hard time to keep their thoughts from drifting.

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