travesty
Example Sentences
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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
Singer Charlotte Church has described the media's treatment of her as a young woman as a "travesty".
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
Adina looked to Taylor to end this travesty, but Taylor was trying to keep the signal fire going.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Vocabulary lists containing travesty
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