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Adjective
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Brendan Gallagher scored a goal in that game on the power play, taking a ridiculous feed from Andrei Markov in the slot and converting, blowing the roof off the building.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025 -
Bam Adebayo only taking seven shots each in the last two games is ridiculous.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Here came the cloying sentiments, the farcical calls for unity, the moment of sorrow over a long list of recent American tragedies whose anguish this spectacle purported to relieve.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The farcical comedy, which begins performances Wednesday at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, is set in a co-working office building for nonprofit organizations serving Native American populations.—
Ashley Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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With stages set up in and around the Old West buildings that dot the grounds, a movie set where Nelson filmed his 1984 Western Red Headed Stranger, the vibe at Luck Reunion is both cinematic and surreal.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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Most capture mundane experiences, impressive in their hyperrealistic way, but some are sublime, or surreal, or place you in a morally challenging position.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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This Kafkaesque saga began late Friday, when President Donald Trump quietly signed an order availing himself of a wartime authority to carry out the mass deportations.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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This defiant and entertaining work playfully uses headshots and avatars to visualize clandestine audio recordings documenting years of Kafkaesque impositions, threats, and vital dissident art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s not the end of the bag’s claims, which grow more humorously ludicrous.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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But the notion that a cartoon could not make a similar point was ludicrous.—
Ruth Marcus,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That someone should be fired over it, that it's become this politicized and this weaponized, is not only ridiculous, but a little bit laughable.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, Roger Goodell’s league could take some notes from the NHL on how to turn their current laughable Pro Bowl format into a compelling event.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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