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In terms that viewers of the original series might understand, Esmeralda falls somewhere between the tyranny of Michael Scott, the absurdity of Dwight Schrute, and the self-involvement of Kelly Kapoor with a particular charisma that only Impacciatore could pull off.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This is only the first week of Mafiathon 3, meaning there is only more ridiculousness to come.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But what’s novel is the sheer ridiculousness of the Lafufus.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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Giorgio Armani, the designer whose creations are at the same time classic and revolutionary, represents a paradox in the world of fashion.—
Joseph Giovannini,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sunstein warns against paradoxes, where well-meaning but rigid rules lead to enforcement paralysis.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, the airy comedy (boosted by Thomas Newman’s sprightly if familiar-sounding score) insists on the seeming incongruity between the film’s lovely setting and its darker subject matter.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The irony is that, after a tough couple of decades, the package holiday sector had recaptured the imagination of investors once more.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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New York, as might be expected, has led the industry, although the irony is that the number of restaurants extant in New York has been more or less the same for most of the 21stcentury––about 28,000 eateries, including traditional restaurants, cafés, food trucks and bars that serve food.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This project became both an ethnographic and photographic study of how women inhabit, resist, and reimagine their roles in a context denned by deep contradictions – beauty and chaos, devotion and repression, tradition and transformation.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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That kind of contradiction is something Marcello does especially well.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Quantum computers, which harness the peculiarities of quantum physics for gains in speed and computing ability over classical machines, may one day revolutionize technology.—
Ananya Palivela,
Scientific American,
30 Aug. 2025
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Beyond that technical stuff there is the peculiarity of what happens in the poem.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s a rich dichotomy, and whenever the narrative voice drills into the specificity of Ruth’s anxious imagination, the reader is rewarded.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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