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An eerie, enchanting score by Rock Burwell giving the proceedings a dreamy, nightmarish quality.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026 -
What begins as a simple heist spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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So please consider subscribing to our website (here) for the ridiculous price of $2 for two years.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Craven Cottage — and there is a cottage — is a favourite, though ticket prices were getting ridiculous for away fans before the £30 cap was introduced a decade ago and still holds.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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That Directors’ Fortnight entry slightly overloaded on farcical complications but breezed along on the script’s daffy humor, its underlying sweetness and the director’s pleasingly light touch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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In a recent tactical blunder, the first lady’s farcical rollout of a teacher robot made unusually clear what this administration really thinks of children, teachers and schools.—
Randi Weingarten,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Eva Longoria took the subtle bow shoe trend at Cannes into Jacquemus’ surreal sculptural language on Tuesday, stepping out at Hotel Martinez during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival in the label’s black High Cubisto slingbacks.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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And so my surreal day-to-day, a regular life broken up by suspensions of my rights, stopped mattering.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Those who value and respect America but couldn’t find their way through the Kafkaesque immigration system deserve a chance to rectify their situation.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
10 Aug. 2025
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In a Kafkaesque twist, Trump’s chart assigns Eswatini the lowest possible (10 percent) reciprocal tariff, despite the fact the nation applies the same external tariffs as Lesotho.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Until recently, this might have sounded like a ludicrous question.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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That's just ludicrous to think.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Three-dimensional motifs, butterfly wings, petals, and foliage come alive across spring trends, transforming clothing into something almost dreamlike.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Inside the party, guests were transported to a romantic, dreamlike jungle space adorned with roses and hundreds of candles hanging in the foliage.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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In this environment, the notion that any Pac-12 expansion candidate would prompt one of its media partners (CBS, The CW and USA Network) to offer enough revenue to satisfy current members approaches laughable.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The dude has attempted to get into politics for the past 18 months, and it's been laughable.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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