irony

I can’t help but recognize the irony that Edwin Díaz is on the IL with neck inflammation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

If Kyrgios does end up with a similar sanction, the irony is unlikely to be lost on Jannik Sinner or Iga Swiatek, who recently served bans in high-profile doping cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Whatever happens to her claim for custody—or to the child she bore—her story is worth following because of its central irony.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

She acknowledges there’s a bit of irony in her AI fears given she has been able to build a side hustle with blue-collar-themed content thanks to social-media platforms reliant on algorithms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

“Let’s hope you inherited some talents, since irony evidently eluded you.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

There are some sad ironies stitched into the plot, and an upsetting late twist, though the show doesn’t wallow in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

And herein lies one of the central ironies of the Windsor story today: Those who have worked with Harry in the U.S. say he would have also made a great working royal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

Although it will be a low-budget number, the script itself is chock-full of disturbing truths and has the most fascinating tonalities and ironies.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole