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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Alice-in-Wonderland
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This hate against transgender people is so ridiculous.—
John Russell,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Even in witnessing how ridiculous — and dangerous — the rivalry is, Cherry ultimately isn’t brave enough to make a change.—
Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Nonetheless, Punk had two very unsuccessful, farcical moments in the Octagon, so there could be some credence to Paul’s thought that White wanted nothing else to do with a crossover fight from a WWE Superstar.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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When Foreman fought a farcical exhibition against five boxers in one day, Hickey was critical of it in a column, prompting a phone call from Foreman.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The note kicked off a surreal, contentious exchange between Williams and Grenell, which the former shared screenshots of on Instagram.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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There followed a surreal half-time chat between Chapman and Poyet about his dismissal, with the game relegated to a sideshow, as fellow pundit Efan Ekoku shifted awkwardly in his seat.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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In a particularly Kafkaesque explanation for why some of the Venezuelan migrants who have no criminal records were targeted for arrest and deportation, government lawyers argued in court that their lack of a criminal record is in itself cause for concern.—
Nisha Whitehead,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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But Ned was declared dead last month by the Social Security Administration, which led him and his wife on a Kafkaesque quest to prove there’s life left in this salty old Seattle seadog yet.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Justice Department lawyer, Jean Lin, persisted with this ludicrous distinction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Entranced by the Power—and by the black corruption pulsing through it—Rand straight-up destroys Sammael without apparent thought or effort, borrowing a bit of the method from the way Rand pulls off a similar feat in book 3, with a ludicrous amount of lightning and ceiling-collapsing.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, 1,433 miles to the east of the Lakers’ home the team that dumped him is now laughable.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2025
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The idea that people like him, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, or Stephen Miller are calling the shots is laughable.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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