satirical
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He’s one of the founding writers of the Onion, the satirical website.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Indian police tightened security in New Delhi on Saturday ahead of a protest by the satirical "Cockroach People's Party", over alleged irregularities in major examinations.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
The popularity was undoubtedly driven by the surprise - it is highly unusual for a club to make such satirical comments about a rival on a public forum.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
And it means that Stephen Colbert, one of the nation’s best vehicles for satirical critique, will no longer be on the air to make sense of the madness of the moment.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Hence the 2004 headline in the satirical newspaper The Onion on the passing of postmodernism’s leading light: Jacques Derrida “Dies.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing satirical
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