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

Written by Matthew Parkhill, with Guy Ritchie — who directed Robert Downey Jr. in two steroidal Holmes films — helming some episodes, it’s pulpy and nutty and preposterous, mostly in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Liu returning to figure skating in her late teens would have sounded as preposterous as Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir climbing down from the NBC booth and competing in pairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

But the idea of not talking to them here was so preposterous to him that he had a hard time grasping the concept.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover