ironically
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I was the first of my friends to abandon the app, but ironically, there was an unexpected positive effect of having trial-run Finch: I became actually committed to self-care.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
In a show that inevitably can seem dated — Lorelai and Rory watch it, ironically, in an episode of “Gilmore Girls” — Fabares reads as unusually modern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“You can say anything you want on the trombone,” Ellington noted, “but you gotta be careful with words”—an aptly worded statement, ironically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Then two neighbors began, ironically, shouting outside my window about which of them was less considerate about the amount of noise they made.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Little did I know that the loss of those girls was, ironically, the real beginning of hope for blacks and whites in Birmingham.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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