preposterous

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Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Microdramas hew to an established formula, with each installment ending on a cliffhanger that pushes its often preposterous story line toward a final, usually shocking reveal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Patel’s preposterous partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team while war-planning was underway in Washington was widely, justifiably mocked.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

ANL has consistently denied all the claims against it -- which relate to more than 50 articles in a period from at least 1993 to 2018 -- calling them "lurid" and "preposterous".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Hercules, whose life was one long combat against preposterous monsters, is always said to have had his home in the city of Thebes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton