ludicrous

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For the rest of America not versed in the internecine fights of the online right, this situation may seem baffling—or even trivial, given the ludicrous nature of Owens’ claims.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

"I do think it will be a ludicrous challenge, and one that I don't know whether or not I can do," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

“I think it’s ludicrous that the city might turn it into something else. While they’re at it, why don’t they make the Hemingway house a Vrbo?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Begrudgingly, you half-buy into one of the script’s more ludicrous set-ups, that Lightning & Thunder will play their biggest show on the night Diamond is headlining at another venue in town.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

In the middle of the nineteenth century, most Americans considered female suffrage a ludicrous idea, a radical position first suggested by a radical woman.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling