travesty
Example Sentences
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To let the moment pass without taking action would be a travesty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
It was indeed a travesty that the two-loss Irish, winners of their last 10 games by double digits, did not get a spot in the national tournament.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
What are the latest updates on that travesty?
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025
Its assertion that “studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism” is a travesty of the scientific method.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
It’s a travesty, but the only class we share right now is AP English.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing travesty
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