farce
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“This report is a farce, a joke,” said Raúl Servín, part of a citizens group that searches for the missing in the western state of Jalisco, which regularly ranks near the top in disappearances.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
His lawyers said he was being treated in the Swiss city of Geneva for multiple sclerosis and condemned the trial as a farce.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Redactions, supposedly to protect victims, are so sweeping as to make a farce of the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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
It was only a matter of time before this happy-family farce would be over.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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