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While this may be great for the avid sports fan, traffic will be nightmarish for anyone driving in or around the South Philly Sports Complex area this week and weekend, and playoff overlaps have already postponed other events at the stadiums.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
6 May 2026 -
The longer and more interesting answer is that, although there is no direct evidence that Odysseus existed, fought a war, and then suffered a nightmarish journey home to Ithaca, his story contains elements of historical memory and geographical accuracy.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Given how short all total solar eclipses are, being at all concerned about how many seconds totality lasts is actually ridiculous.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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That, of course, didn’t set well with WWE’s passionate fan base, especially given that WWE found enough time to put on a ridiculous amount of commercials but somehow not enough to spotlight one of its longest-running rivalry featuring two of the top stars in the women’s division.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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In a recent tactical blunder, the first lady’s farcical rollout of a teacher robot made unusually clear what this administration really thinks of children, teachers and schools.—
Randi Weingarten,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Netflix’s big comedy bet might be the Dan Levy–Rachel Sennott co-creation Big Mistakes; the biting, farcical series about adult siblings who get caught up in the drug business plays like Weeds crossed with The Other Two.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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Melissa, still one of the most obvious jelly shoe authorities, took the softer surreal lane with Susan Fang, bringing jelly into floral ballet flats, Sakura platform details and opaque-to-clear gradients.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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And finally… ▶️ Stunning rainbow cloud No, this surreal image isn’t AI-generated.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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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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Like, then the ludicrous is more fun, if everything else feels real.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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So the speculation the Patriots are somehow not in Vrabel's corner at the moment is ludicrous.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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These 10 songs represent her ideal playground, a space bright and broad enough for her dreamlike visions and mutable voice to take whatever shapes her imagination allows.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Most striking, though, is the deep, almost luminescent blue of the walls, casting the room in a curious, dreamlike glow.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The dude has attempted to get into politics for the past 18 months, and it's been laughable.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The idea that a low-wage worker can jeopardize proprietary information by taking a better job at the deli down the block would be laughable if the consequences were not so serious.—
Morris M. Kleiner,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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