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To illustrate the absurdity of adhering too closely to genre conventions, Galloway describes a plot about an innocent girl who winds up in a strange town.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Drama, laughs, and a healthy dose of absurdity ensue.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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While commercial CEOs face market fluctuations, infrastructure executives wrestle with aging systems, public scrutiny and the paradox of being asked to do more with less—and do it much faster.—
Khaled Naja,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The paradox may not be universal, as some diseases such as hypertension and diabetes don’t show evidence of risk reversal.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The irony is that Waukesha's water customers have less to worry about than three years ago, aided in part by the utility's current booster pump station on East Broadway.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Hutch screams at thugs during a four-on-one melee, and the irony is only flesh-wound deep.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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These unreconciled contradictions inside duel it out, but none win.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Aug. 2025
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Nor should the contradictions surrounding St. Clair’s undoing.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Another peculiarity is Wiegman’s approach in extra time.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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The world according to Jim: • This is another of those peculiarities that make Southern California … well, different.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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There’s also a wonderful dichotomy between Doc Brown and Marty.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Wolf had no interest in being a character in his own film, but the subject-director dichotomy that was playing out on camera would become key to understanding Reubens’ complexities.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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