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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Alice-in-Wonderland
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The administration had tried to argue that the plaintiffs had no standing given that the children were not born yet a ridiculous claim given that the effects would apply immediately at the moment of their birth.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025 -
The dances don’t settle for a twist or strut when a full-bodied vibration is possible, and Easley has a penchant for that ridiculous bobbin-head chicken dance from the ‘40s or ‘50s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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At the heart of her tale lies an early-twentieth-century initiative that was undertaken with absolute earnestness at the time but seems almost farcical today: a multicountry effort to redirect America’s enormous influx of Jewish immigrants from Ellis Island to Galveston, Texas.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Ban | 2024 | United Kingdom, Ireland | Roisin Agnew | Thirty years after the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, this experimental archive film looks at Margaret Thatcher’s farcical broadcasting ban that saw actors hired to dub those associated with terrorism.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Naomi Watts broke out with a surreal leading turn in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
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The fallout was immediate, surreal, and more than a little revealing.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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To be fair, dealing with any healthcare bureaucracy in America is sure to be frustrating and annoying, and will most likely turn into a Kafkaesque nightmare.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
27 June 2025
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Among its recent publications is Kheir’s Kafkaesque novel about an Egyptian man released from prison after serving a seven-year sentence who tries to get his old job as a translator back.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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The ludicrous nature of the statement explains why, when news filtered through that Miedema was not only starting, but also wearing the captain’s armband, match reports began writing themselves.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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Most importantly, the central heist and its ludicrous aftermath are delightfully well-executed.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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And the idea that Anaheim might be a tourist destination was laughable.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Legal experts derided the lawsuit as frivolous and laughable, and CBS defended the newsmagazine and its editorial judgment on First Amendment grounds.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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