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One banking outage: how US paychecks could be affected The absurdity of the situation struck a chord with Reddit users, who responded with both concern and comedy.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025 -
These dispatches were quick flashes of absurdity, many of them lasting just a bit more than a minute.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Amid the madness and tension of the most recent presidential-election campaign, a wild form of clickbait video started flying around the political internet.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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That includes hunting and other kinds of macho madness that Blake rebels against, a divide that never really got healed and a father/son bond that was completely broken when Grady simply disappeared.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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Fonseca got tough and the line between bravery and foolishness, at times, became imperceptible.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
17 Dec. 2024
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Laugh at these inanities, but these theories often serve an end, especially on the right: to help politicians and movements score points with their base.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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There is just nothing to like about this spring-forward inanity.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
24 May 2024
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“Absurdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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