Thesaurus / ridiculous
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Some of it has to be attributed to the ridiculous offensive environment we have seen in the bubble.
MONSTER GAMES IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS AREN’T AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATING TO WINSJARED DUBINAUGUST 26, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIn my driveway during lunchtime I felt ridiculous swinging a kettlebell.
THE GYM-FREE PANDEMIC WORKOUT: KETTLEBELLS, INDIAN CLUBS, SANDBAGS, OH MY!EUGENE ROBINSONAUGUST 25, 2020OZYWe’re coming up with such a ridiculous answer that it really forces us to reinvestigate every single assumption that we made along the way to get there.
THE PHYSICIST WHO SLAYED GRAVITY’S GHOSTSTHOMAS LEWTONAUGUST 18, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThe telltale sign of these problems is that models claiming to predict past elections extremely well often produce inaccurate — or even ridiculous — answers when applied to elections in which the result is unknown ahead of time.
HOW FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S 2020 PRESIDENTIAL FORECAST WORKS — AND WHAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF COVID-19NATE SILVER (NRSILVER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 12, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTShepard said he’s always dismissed allegations of voter fraud through mail voting as ridiculous, based on the validation steps followed by registrars in California, and by San Diego Registrar Michael Vu in particular.
GOP CHAIR WHO CALLED MAIL VOTING ‘FRAUGHT WITH DANGER’ VOTED BY MAIL 22 STRAIGHT TIMESANDREW KEATTSAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLI do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThis was such a ridiculous idea that Davy threw back his head, and laughed long and loud.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLIn case any reader should hastily exclaim, “What a ridiculous question; there can be only one southward!”
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEHer directness had made all possible 'buts' seem ridiculous and futile, and had made the expression of curiosity seem offensive.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO RIDICULOUS
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