ludicrous
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Speaking to Times Radio earlier this month, Turner said he was "already on a conduct warning for having the audacity to say that these proposals are ludicrous".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
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 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
All those prosperous, solid men out there would discover now that they had elected a ludicrous waif.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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