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travesty

[trav-uh-stee] / ˈtræv ə sti /




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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

What are the latest updates on that travesty?

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

A spokesman for Mr Barrowman described the High Court judgement as "a travesty of justice".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Saving society money is a travesty if the cost of that savings is in human lives.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine




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