irony
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From the Irish perspective, a certain historical irony is at work in these allegations of antisemitism.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The irony is not lost on Buam-dong's indignant residents.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In retrospect, Bonilla, 31, finds great irony in how that initial foray into professional acting fictionally materialized her Mexican immigrant parents’ worst nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Romance, irony and sight gag arrive together, balanced in a single beat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He stood up and yelled, “Go get ’em, Tiger!” with 1950s irony while my mom clapped and whooped next to him.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
Among the many ironies of all this is that newly rich sports stars and celebrities have the least reason to gamble on obscure get-rich-quick schemes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Writing in The Times, Beard bemoaned that the poem's "erotic puzzles, the teasing ironies, the intriguing questions about truth and falsehood" had been replaced with "a rather ponderous Hollywood message about civilisational decline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Finding a late-inning Eden in Africa was just one of the ironies that marked a remarkable life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
If that’s even 10 percent true, it has to rank as one of the cruelest historical ironies imaginable.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025
His ironies, and these ins and outs of a border-dispute with Orgoreyn, were of no interest to me.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing irony
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