absurdity

“Today’s lawsuit continues the absurdity and irrationality that the industry has come to expect from the defunct organization formerly known as the HFPA.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The absurdity of Jouppi’s case is not a distraction from the constitutional question.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Instead, the movie welcomes audiences of all kinds by playing up LA’s inherent absurdity.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Playing up the absurdity of the disguise, the company promptly changed its logo across social media to a facsimile of the covered-up sign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Zoya Nazyalensky—a powerful Squaller, gorgeous to the point of absurdity, and capable of reducing Nina’s confidence to ash with a single raised brow.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Finally, if you think the obstacles to orderly press coverage and the absurdities of decision-day theater are bad, remember that they are nothing compared to how the court does its own substantive work.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Parr, renowned for capturing the quiet rituals and absurdities of British life, was commissioned by the National Trust to capture life in Lacock, Wiltshire, during the spring and summer of 2025.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Like it or not, Colbert was doing what comedians are supposed to do: hold a mirror up to society, politics, human nature or whatever their focus may be, and call out the absurdities within.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

“And even after that, when the robots recall the human absurdities of sacrifice and compassion, they will remember us.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green