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The work makes this absurdity plain.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026 -
This lack of scientific alignment leads to absurdities.—
Rino Ferrarese,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The film is afraid to be ridiculous, when in fact ridiculousness should be the animating spirit of most successful studio horror.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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And that’s the ridiculousness of the NFL draft process.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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The answer to this longevity paradox is less about our understanding of aging biology or our ability to identify potential therapies, but more about how to get promising drugs safely to people.—
Andrew S. Brack,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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The agency noted a troubling paradox in recent policy shifts.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The show’s postcard-ready shots of the northern countryside, with its verdant hills and winding roads, are another incongruity, belying the challenges of survival there for those on the fringes.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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Not a single critic of the book was struck by the incongruity of this failure in basic thriller plotting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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By the time Friedmann was locked up, the central jail had been rebuilt and rechristened the Criminal Justice Center—a name whose ironies were well known to Nashvillians.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The irony of his current life path is not lost on former Las Vegas bartender Kyle Medrano.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The upshot is a tournament defined by contradictions.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Adams would later begin to challenge that contradiction more openly.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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The answer lies in the subtleties and peculiarities of the reward system, and our old friend dopamine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Tracking the beginning of their secret relationship through Thorpe’s 1979 trial, A Very English Scandal is a stellar lesson in how to use the miniseries format to tease out the bizarre peculiarities of real-life drama.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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