contradiction
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“It’s funny, because you keep saying that this song sounds like it landed from another world, but there’s a stark contradiction in that statement,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Infante remembers watching that contradiction play out in real time.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
There is an uncomfortable contradiction in China’s pursuit of those consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Managing that contradiction was, by multiple accounts, exhausting inside the People’s Bank of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"There have been some incidents lately," Tía Carmen says in a quiet voice that does not brook contradiction.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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But it turned out to be a weak case, one that falls apart under the weight of its own contradictions, omissions, and leaps of illogic.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The experience suggests that to achieve enlightenment, one must embrace these limitations, come to peace with contradictions, and maintain faith in a larger order that we cannot fathom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
These accounts collide with the present era’s eerie uncertainty at every turn, making for an altogether riveting, cyclical listening experience that tells her life’s story without smoothing its contradictions.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Zingman recognises the event's inherent contradictions, as it tries to build an audience - and turn a profit - from real-life tragedies.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Nevertheless, with one of those startling contradictions so common in mythology, she kept the Greek Fleet from sailing to Troy until they sacrificed a maiden to her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Vocabulary lists containing contradiction
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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