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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Alice-in-Wonderland
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Drawing such conclusions from two, admittedly sparkling, performances is ridiculous.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
No Other Choice blends mismatched tones and genre hallmarks in a way that’s typical for Park and yet remains invigorating, leading to a ridiculous look at what happens when the system pushes a person to the very edge of desperation.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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Splitsville is a comedy that’s grounded in its characters, but also has a downright old-fashioned devotion to the visual, to the ways in which the farcical sight of four guys crammed onto a sofa can be just as capable of generating laughs as a good line.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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Net-zero always was a farcical, unscientific and unrealistic dogma designed to reorder societies and increase government and bureaucratic control over the economy, with ever-diminishing freedom for individuals.—
Peter Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
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But coming up to it and seeing the smoke and seeing the fire department and the debris all over the road was just surreal.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Music Box Films has picked up North American distribution rights to By Design, writer-director Amanda Kramer’s surreal body-swap comedy that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Those who value and respect America but couldn’t find their way through the Kafkaesque immigration system deserve a chance to rectify their situation.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
10 Aug. 2025
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In a Kafkaesque twist, Trump’s chart assigns Eswatini the lowest possible (10 percent) reciprocal tariff, despite the fact the nation applies the same external tariffs as Lesotho.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Gilbert has always made hay from her own blind spots and ludicrous proclivities.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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These accusations seem ludicrous, coming from an administration that fires federal workers for telling the truth, punishes news reporters and lawyers for doing their jobs and pardons MAGA thugs for attacking the U.S. Capitol.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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His lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal seeking $10 billion for defamation because of a sketch on a birthday card is beyond laughable.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 July 2025
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That too is laughable, historians of the circus say.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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