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travesty

[trav-uh-stee] / ˈtræv ə sti /




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He was detained for a year, as his attorneys and family were hesitant to post bail, fearing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention or deportation, a travesty already enough for one misstep.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Surely, he thinks, Stalin wouldn’t stand for such a travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

Department of Homeland Security, which supervises the agency, deserves extra credit for exposing this travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Then someone subtly begins calling her GLaDOS, which is the name of the evil computer in the classic Portal games—and if this session wasn’t a travesty before, now it definitely is.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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