farce
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Phil, London: VAR is beyond a farce now.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The matricide trial of Orestes, portrayed as a shining moment for Athens by Aeschylus in “The Oresteia,” becomes a nihilistic farce in the hands of Euripides.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
"To sentence my 69-year-old father under the pretext that his actions lowered the 'likelihood' of my return to stand trial is not justice; it is a judicial farce," she said.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Sportswriters argued that the rich event was a farce arranged to pad Seabiscuit’s bankroll.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing farce
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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