And yet a charge of manipulation would add irony upon irony.
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You can watch The Jersey Shore with irony and without irony, simultaneously.
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And the irony, the sad cruel irony is that the last year he'd never been happier.
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The irony was not lost on me, someone who finds irony in things for a nonliving.
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There's further irony in the title, America the Beautiful, but I do believe that irony is intentional.
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The irony of telling folks what they should do for their own self care is just that — it's an irony.
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"The irony, the sad cruel irony is that the last year he'd never been happier," Mr. Zimmern wrote on Twitter.
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The only irony in Gilead (or in Westeros, or in the apocalypse of "The Walking Dead") is tragic irony, most conspicuously the irony that, in a fallen world, people's good intentions continually fall into error and violence.
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I suppose one could call this irony, but I suspect Republicans believe in irony about as much as they believe in facts.
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She doesn't know if it's irony or not, and if it's irony tinged with truth, how far down does the hostility go?
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" The irony of this decision is not lost on Bezos, who joked that some had suggested they call the shops "Amazon Irony Books.
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"The one irony I found this year, it was a very sad irony: We went to Iceland to find snow, because winter is here," Harington told Time.
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"They come with a sense of irony and, in about 30 or 40 minutes, people drop the irony and get caught up in the story," he added.
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"Some would call it a cruel irony, but it's just an irony that we would have been on the airplane now, heading for a Hawaiian destination," he said.
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Irony on top of irony, then, when we woke up the next morning to news that a new crop of coronavirus cases had been discovered not far away.
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"It's the kind of wild ride that you wish more Twitter would be — self-revelation, irony upon irony, sprinklings of sincere compassion," says our briefings editor, Andrea Kannapell.
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Instead, in irony upon irony, DoorDash now wishes to resort to a class-wide lawsuit, the very device it denied to the workers, to avoid its duty to arbitrate.
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His photographs and his zine, even though created in the socialist period, are riddled with humor, irony, and self-irony — characteristics that are sometimes sorely lacking among contemporary activists.
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" — The Daily Show, January 163 "Here's the beautiful irony.
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"" — TREVOR NOAH Jimmy Kimmel saw some irony there too.
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He adds that Russians find no contradiction in undergoing the bathing while utterly drunk, and he laughs and smiles at the irony of that (part of the "irony" of the film's title).
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An author who, for example, lacks a sense of irony is always bound to remain mediocre, and irony-less writers have a squeaky voice that achieves either slapstick or sentimentalism or just reportage.
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The irony is almost too much to bear pointing out.
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But it's still hard not to see the irony here.
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The irony of the debate is not lost on anyone.
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There is humor and irony in most of my work.
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I loved the movie — fully, earnestly, without irony, without reservations.
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Being the victim of historical irony is never, ever cool.
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This would be hilarious irony if it weren't so scary.
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The greater the irony an artist's name brings, the better!
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In a twist of irony, she — of all people — delivered.
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Irony is nowhere near deep enough a word for this.
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Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.
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But often, there is a winking irony in adult fandom.
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See consists of a unique sort of visual dramatic irony.
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People on Twitter were quick to point out the irony.
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Irony isn't just dead, it's currently spinning in its grave.
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Here is the ultimate irony for those vociferous Farage supporters.
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Sarcasm and irony infuse everything they do — especially their lyrics.
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She called him out on the "sheer irony" of it.
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PHARMACEUTICALS, THE IRONY IS THAT THE SYSTEM INCENTIVIZES HIGHER PRICES.
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There is an irony in some of this sound advice.
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The rankings race is thus marked by a happy irony.
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Like cracks in an ice sheet, the irony runs deep.
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Irony is a means rather than an end for ContraPoints.
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By a real irony, her illness too had been preventible.
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Can he walk that tightrope without toppling into irony or?
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Serum is the irony of in vitro meat today, right?
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I imagine even Saban could see the irony in that.
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The irony made me laugh, and I bought it immediately.
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As I scrolled through #nomames, I felt a funny irony.
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I honestly was thinking of the irony of being here.
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The irony of Elon Musk's latest legal drama is grim.
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The irony, though, is not limited to the Manning case.
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The two laugh mightily, and Manson points out the irony.
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There is an irony to all of these potential changes.
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The irony of the moment was not lost on Reid.
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The irony is that Mexico, with its combination of a
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"Irony, be gone," he bellowed, though he laughed right afterward.
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He just has to love love, without cynicism or irony.
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No more referring to himself, without irony, as Hurricane Espada.
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The irony in another Google escapade is also worth noting.
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His cynicism and irony are deep in the Russian character.
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One might detect a certain irony in Sackler's social activism.
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With no hint of irony, they now denounce his crackdown.
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I like the N64 games without a trace of irony.
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"I will admit that the irony is glaring," Bush said.
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The movie's conventional political nods are laced with bitter irony.
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There is one final broader irony in comparing both countries.
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The words "border adjustment" and "irony" usually aren't used together.
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She is a tenderhearted but astute scientist, sensitive to irony.
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"The irony of this letter is breathtaking," Mr. Soufer said.
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The device that Conrad called "irony" persists across these variations.
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There is deep irony in how things are playing out.
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It's not surprising that Trump fails to appreciate the irony.
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This is the irony of divisive politics that Elie exposed.
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It's an irony that Democrats were quick to point out.
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"Don't let the irony be lost on you," Cramer said.
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Well, the irony is, the boys did go after it.
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The irony is that Ms. Bugbee couldn't sing at all.
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And yes, I do see the irony in that sentence.
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The ultimate irony was that that table didn't turn up.
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Wade, an irony not lost on proponents for reproductive choice.
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There seemed like a sense of irony behind the music.
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The irony is: Facebook has been courting Republicans for years.
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That to my mind would be an irony of history.
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And sarcasm, irony, and good cheer are generally great things.
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Compassion, irony, and forgiveness are all on the menu. 21971.
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His arrival was filled with an unmistakable sense of irony.
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It arguably is harder to see the irony in that.
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The irony of the situation was not lost on me.
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"Kids can't understand irony or sarcasm," he told Morley Safer.
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For Dameron, this discovery held a kind of cosmic irony.
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But for Mr. Humphrey himself there is an odd irony.
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And that's the big irony of it all, Mintz says.
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Irony was certainly an option, à la Koestler's cosmic schmaltz.
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The irony is that today I get my freedom back.
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It seems a strange irony that Berlin died on Nov.
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Some people on Twitter noted the irony and made jokes.
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This irony is at the heart of his final betrayal.
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The greatest irony of entrepreneurship is that it is expensive.
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Irony said a final namaste and jumped into the Ganges.
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There's a harsh irony about the current health care battle.
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This is perhaps the greatest irony of the Republican actions.
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Alas, our sense of irony got lost in the paperwork.
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In Spanish, promesa means promise, a sad irony to some.
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I can savor the irony, but I feel no glee.
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What does Loh think I'm entitled to wear without irony?
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Warren said the "ultimate irony" was Trump "turned on" Sessions.
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The bottom line: There's some irony in Pelosi impeaching Trump.
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"Believe me, we see the irony," Mr. Hebbring told me.
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If this were true, irony didn't stay dead for long.
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But there was considerable irony embedded in the final leaderboard.
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There's also cruel irony in the timing of the proposal.
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The irony is that Trump has only himself to blame.
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The main lesson of Mr. Starr's presentation: Irony is dead.
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That all of these incidents involved Democrats was further irony.
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The irony is that we no longer live in 1906.
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" He continued, without irony, "Most people do too many things.
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There was so much deep irony to the whole thing.
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That would be the height of political irony, of course.
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" Trump"s own voters r hardest hit- oh the irony!
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" In 1989, Spy published an article titled "The Irony Epidemic.
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And this is an irony not lost on his regulars.
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Sessums said he was binge watching "The Americans" — irony alert!
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The irony of the title is belied by the installation.
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PayPal CEO, and there's an interesting irony, PayPal owns Venmo.
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You know, there's a lot of irony in this story.
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"I like to think irony is alive and well in Fremont and that we can be a role model for irony for the rest of the country," said Barbara Luecke of the neighborhood's Art Council.
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Irony is central to Hecht's temper, but his life was enfolded in an irony that he couldn't admit: what he respected (literature) he couldn't pull off, and what he scorned (writing movies) he excelled at.
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Vandevere is the film's villain, but does Disney see the irony?
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There is bitter irony in the story Ms Rappaport skilfully tells.
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Audiences will watch tonight and tomorrow's finale burdened by dramatic irony.
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HOFFMAN: There is a bit of irony about all of this.
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The irony is he already has the economy that he wants.
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One can't help but see the irony in the Fed's position.
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The irony being I fell apart because I wasn't getting treatment.
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Yet the irony of the occasion drew just as much comment.
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JOE KERNEN:I I was just thinkin' about the irony of this.
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In a twist of irony, the mother also falsely claimed asylum.
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There's a note of irony in the GOP's demands for transparency.
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" He adds, "The irony is, I've been eating Atkins for years.
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Given Gamergate, there's a bit of irony to the Rust controversy.
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In the case of the iPhone X, though, the irony disappears.
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They were steadfast in their devotion, immune to irony and cynicism.
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Its aesthetic is comprised of nostalgia, irony, dark humor, and hopelessness.
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"The irony wasn't lost on me at the time," Cohen said.
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"We definitely see the irony in it," Mor told BuzzFeed News.
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A Sanders aide immediately latched on to the irony Tuesday night.
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But, in a twist of irony, this visibility also brings danger.
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The irony is Neumann didn't really fail to deliver for Son.
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The irony is that Seats' own money-making moxie isn't aggressive.
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""Online commenters on the report were quick to spot the irony.
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Mr Malone: I think I hear the irony in your voice!
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CIBC's Bennett noted an irony to Trump's positions on China's currency.
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Change does not automatically lead to the conclusion of "tragic irony".
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The chief irony in Columbusing Spam is that Spam is American.
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That, to put it mildly, is incredibly rich with irony today.
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I say 'irony' as to not use another four-letter word.
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Ryan Lochte must be going for a gold medal in irony.
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But irony did not die that night, as some have suggested.
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The irony of course is that porn blogs thrive on Tumblr.
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That's a bit of an irony because women aren't welcome there.
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"That's irony, it's a new concept in political life," Bush quipped.
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Watching the party unfold, I realized the irony in Preston's protest.
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These results also illustrate the central irony of the religious right.
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The irony gods would have a field day with that one.
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"Kill them with irony," one character in Odessa Stories warns another.
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At least you go out with a heavy dose of irony.
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"I loved that show," he says without a trace of irony.
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"The irony of your making that statement I cannot avoid," Sen.
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There's always Facebook, which never forces unpopular changes on users. #Irony
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Humor, irony, and satire have a deep root in Persian culture.
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So the irony is those complaining the loudest are the problem.
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There's some irony to employing a robotic wolf to protect crops.
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They can sit around and watch Steven Segal's movies without irony.
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Death to irony and insincerity, the twin plagues of our generation.
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The irony of it is the Kardashians are very un-dramatic.
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Irony: it was the highest-rated SNL since November 85033, 2015.
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There's an irony to Clinton's relationship with the press, Aftergood observes.
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It was in Italy that I was struck by the irony.
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The irony is not lost on Mr. Hoffnung or his workers.
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"It's always advertised, without irony, as 'a man's beer,' " Doig explained.
|
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That is the irony created by anti-Trump resisters like Rep.
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The irony is that arbitration provides vastly better outcomes for consumers.
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The irony is that, doing so would achieve the exact opposite.
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This is the irony of the age in which we live.
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He does not laugh, smile, or indicate an iota of irony.
|
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But here goes: In fiction, this would be described as irony.
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There's legit puzzling mysteries, dramatic irony, big fireballs, talking goat people.
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They were aware of the irony of what they were doing.
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The great irony of her life was that he wrecked it.
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The sentimentalist enjoys their own manipulation, without irony, cynicism, or critique.
|
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Said Davis with thick irony: "They love that we fixed everything."
|
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She always did it with irony, without posing, modeling or vogueing.
|
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But the image also underscores the profound irony of the moment.
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"The irony and meanspirited nature of the cuts is breathtaking," Gov.
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For one author, at least, the trope is a terrible irony.
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Yeah, but he was, though, that's the irony of that soup.
|
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The poetry of these photographs is familiar; their irony, less so.
|
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But beyond the positivity, these candles hold an overtone of irony.
|
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"It seems to me that there's an irony here," she said.
|
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But the irony of the new accusations was savored by Mrs.
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It's the irony of every cell: that it divides to multiply.
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The group's name is Independent Republicans of New York, or IRONY.
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Our sources say prison officials were privately giggling over the irony.
|
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Pop songs are cued in with gentle irony and winsome sincerity.
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BATTLESHIP YAMATO Of War, Beauty and Irony By Jan Morris Illustrated.
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Specifically, on Amazon, where customers have hilariously complained about the irony.
|
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Mr. Hoffman sounded the political death knell with a bitter irony.
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The irony is that Gabbard could have been a real contender.
|
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The irony, of course, is that Sessions's ideology is also Trump's.
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Clouds like thick cotton batting hung without irony over Sun Mountain.
|
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"That is the irony of being here a long time," Sen.
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It's not difficult to recognize the cruel irony of Emma's situation.
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"The irony of that, your honor, is rather palpable," he said.
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She invokes Dante, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ross Perot without irony.
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Schumann's work is full of irony and satire; Chopin's is not.
|
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"There's a little irony here," Shuchart said of the complaint's outcome.
|
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In general, irony refers to a clash between expectations and outcomes.
|
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Of course, irony is not the only problematic word in English.
|
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And there is an irony in this Warren's deputy policy director: .
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The irony of Snowden's position, however, ought not to escape notice.
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And the irony of all this is, he didn't have to.
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And as a Scot, maybe I don't really get English irony.
|
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"Oh, the irony," tweeted writer Staci D. Kramer of the issue.
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Lines like "we're actually adults now" acquire an inevitably thudding irony.
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That irony isn't lost on the OPEC leadership, or its members.
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After 26 years, the irony of the situation was beyond him.
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Remember, this is not a man who does self-deprecating irony.
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"Austria saves the world!" he said with a twist of irony.
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The irony that our shoes are canvas does not escape me.
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The irony is, I never once considered taking Jack's last name.
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Bret: I'd call it hypocrisy, not irony, but I'm being pedantic.
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There are two things we don't do well: optimism and irony.
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Opinion Columnist Department of Irony: Republicans can't stop howling about socialism.
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The irony is that the U.S. did not invent the internet.
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It would be a cruel irony if America followed its lead.
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There was not even a hint of irony in his voice.
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That irony is telling, because many of the same problems persist.
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He occupies the perfect middle ground between the Mulkeys and Gillberg, a pro wrestler you can root for without irony, while still recognizing that the irony involved is part of why you love it so much.
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") Similarly, a 213 book by Keith Houston surveyed five centuries of philosophical proposals for indicating written irony, but in the end reported, "the irony mark (and, for that matter, the sarcasm mark) remains an elusive beast.
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Mixed in with the irony of the artist's vision is the additional historical irony that these works are now taken as signifiers of historical value — hence their central position in the collection of a mega-rich donor.
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The irony of the name of that place did not escape me.
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His last response was long and discursive, brimming with irony and humor.
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Every interaction contains layers upon layers of mistrust, deceit, irony, ignorance, pain.
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The irony of their presence was not lost on me this time.
|
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There's a small amount of irony involved in Le Pen's Twitter defense.
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Here we have the classy tweet, with a touch of detached irony.
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And the irony is I said that two minutes before she started.
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Now, I think the irony is that this is beginning to fade.
|
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Does tweeting out the 14 words without a hint of irony count?
|
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Donald Trump is really testing the limits of irony with this one.
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By spilling irony all the time, you keep a very healthy distance.
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"The irony of you making that statement I cannot avoid," King said.
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"It's worth pointing out the irony of Trump's populist victory," said Silverman.
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This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Irony is a funny thing.
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Henry Santiestevan noted the cruel irony of some Democrats' suggesting that the
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But there is no hiding the irony in what was to follow.
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"History sometimes serves fascinating slices of irony," Yellin writes in the book.
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This scene is tinged with an aura of dread and dramatic irony.
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LAGOS, Nigeria — There's a supreme irony about Lagos, Africa's most populous megapolis.
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In 2014, the idea of leaving snark and irony behind was appealing.
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Like much of Sudan's life, there's a sad irony to the scene.
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I'm sad no one pointed the irony out in my tweets yesterday.
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He especially notes the movie-like irony during his security pat downs.
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Still, one has to appreciate the irony of Trump using an iPhone.
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The Germans probably have an overwrought, seven-syllable word for extreme irony.
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In an era of irony, language is an unreliable source of meaning.
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All irony is a variation on a sort of existential poker-face.
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We can't help pointing out that there's some irony to Sandberg's opinions.
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The irony is that China's obduracy is to some extent self-defeating.
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He spent 27 years ferreting out fraud, and he gets the irony.
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The irony is that Gomez is not even using Instagram right now.
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" I think the word you are looking for is "irony" not "paradox.
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This is a key irony of modern democracy as it has evolved.
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The story of Jewish-written Christmas songs is full of enjoyable irony.
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There's a special irony, however, to Kloss' decision to wear the ribbon.
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"I am the worst dancer, which is the irony here," she admitted.
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And political campaigns in particular have largely remained an irony-free zone.
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The result for the audience is more than dramatic irony, somehow: It's
|
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While seven complaints are not many, the irony is a tad delicious.
|
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Beneath this obvious irony, something big may be changing in American politics.
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In a bitter irony, I understand that Nova now has visa problems.
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The irony is thick as brie, and lost on them I fear.
|
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The irony of today's celebrity venom comes from both Maines and Whedon.
|
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Trump's performance hinted at a huge irony in his relations with Europe.
|
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As Green went on to note, there was a rich irony here.
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The irony is incredible, and belongs in an episode of Black Mirror.
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A fantasy of righteous catharsis But there's no irony or goofiness here.
|
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There were also numerous jokes that highlighted the irony of the crisis.
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The irony and symbolism of this very location is glaring to me.
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I was enjoying the drive, but also the pleasant irony of it.
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The irony is today is the day I get my freedom back.
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That last point is part of the irony in all of this.
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"We were a generation of irony and uncertainty," said Mr. Stephens, 45.
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The resulting sense of irony is as revolting as it is true.
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The irony (or poetic justice) of my situation does not escape me.
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The irony there is obvious given Trump's constant attacks on the media.
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The way she uses the language toward Brangäne is full of irony.
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"The real irony here is that MGPI sells craft liquors," Cramer said.
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Scrutinize the cityscapes painted on rickshaws and you will note an irony.
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"I love the President," Dowd said, betraying no irony to the Times .
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I brought home Western ideas that confounded my parents: sarcasm, irony, recalcitrance.
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The implausible is the daily bread of the subway, served without irony.
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It is first love, experienced and displayed without irony or emotional armor.
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Early letters and school assignments are reprinted and mined for future irony.
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Inside, more than one speaker spoke of the irony of the moment.
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The great irony of reality TV is that it isn't necessarily real.
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But here's an irony: A lot of mouthwashes and rinses contain alcohol.
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Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning.
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It is impossible to detect any irony or boredom within the marks.
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In a world of irony and social collapse, it's pure and earnest.
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SS: I say without irony that this exchange is a little heartbreaking.
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New Horizon was intended as ironic—irony in the face of hopelessness.
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TikTok, with its legions of irony-steeped teens, presents a specific danger.
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The two absorb the irony of the similarities that keep them apart.
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ROGER HIRSCHBERGBONDVILLE, VT. To the Editor: There is a real irony here.
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The irony is, I've been more mooched then Benna Moocher, trust me.
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That's the dark irony of character: It is presumed built either way.
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The irony of Trump calling Omar and Tlaib anti-Semites is rich.
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The irony, though, is that milkmaidenhood was likely a highly disgusting profession.
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But to many observers, there was a particular irony to this one.
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"I'm still single, which is the irony of all this," he said.
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In an interview the next day, Mr. Ma pointed out an irony.
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Much of the art I encountered here thrives on this subtle irony.
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There is blood here and vigor, love and hate, irony and compassion.
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They show the irony of housing projects, with their fancy "garden" names.
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"One of my main tools is irony," he writes on his website.
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There is a measure of irony in the government's interest in cryptocurrencies.
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In the ultimate irony, fear and uncertainty also propel some Trump voters.
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There is a persisting irony in one of privacy law's first stories.
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The irony is that the revolution she helped foment left her powerless.
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Irony alert: Romney ended up with 47 percent of the popular vote.
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It was only in retrospect that we saw the irony of it.
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A bitter irony: Criticism may have unintended positive rather than negative effects.
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Clinton's life, to be performed (and not without irony) later that evening.
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EIKENBERRY And there's a lot of irony, a lot of funny stuff.
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There is some irony to the amplification of these right-wing voices.
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The irony is, we always have some hot color in our projects.
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"I have really bad ADD," she said without a hint of irony.
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This allowed complicating irony to seep in, alongside a richness of observation.
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And that neon Schaefer sign behind the bar promotes beer, not irony.
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There is — it must be said — more than a little irony here.
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We propose, without any irony, to christen these reparations the Macron Plan.
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The great irony of all forms of utopianism can hardly escape us.
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"The irony is it's little dogs staying in there," Ms. Grimes said.
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The irony is deep: Republicans have never voluntarily funded an Obamacare program.
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It's a gentle reminder, too, of an irony of Shanghai's recent history.
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I need irony in order to survive in this fucked-up world.
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I hope any remaining members of the KKK will appreciate the irony.
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But aficionados of irony will appreciate the fundamental source of their struggles.
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But the irony behind it, if that's the right word, is palpable.
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But Justice Ginsburg's revelation was hardly intended to identify a powerful irony.
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I know it's supposed to be irony, but it's teetering on insanity.
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The irony is, during the whole "I don't really care" hubbub, Mrs.
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The irony is, they were kind of meant to do the opposite.
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"It's the greatest irony of the world," she said with a laugh.
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SONDHEIM [with no apparent irony] Well, I would have to listen again.
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You don't need the protective irony of the adjective "ugly" at all.
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Many attendees mocked the irony of a giant electronics show lacking electricity.
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The irony is that the unheeding worker is the more powerfully rendered.
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Some might point out the irony of those "lock her up" chants.
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The irony, of course, is that Twitter is Trump's preferred communication platform.
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There are philosophic proposals that date back to the 1500s requesting better ways to convey irony in writing, but they never caught on, because it turns out people don't read Rousseau to figure out how to capture irony.
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There are four classic endings to a story: purely positive, purely tragic, positive with irony where the character gets what he wants but pays a big price, and tragic with irony where he loses everything but he learns something.
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But there is also an irony in the way the crisis has unfolded.
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In the slideshow ahead, you'll find the pieces that perfectly perpetuate post-irony.
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Steig died in 2003, unable to witness the irony of his monster's prosperity.
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The irony is that the outrage will almost certainly boost AR-15 sales.
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DeGeneres wasn't the only one that saw the irony in Trump's movie choice.
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The true irony here is that, without Trump at the top of the
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Irony of this whole thing is that immigration from Mexico has basically stopped.
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During the course of our conversation, he oscillated between claiming ignorance and irony.
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Before hipsterdom was a tired cliché, Kaufman lived a mysterious life of irony.
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The irony plaguing this show, of course, is the degree of its relevance.
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" Johnson laughed at the irony of the label, then added, "They hate us.
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The irony of this would be laughable if it weren't so goddamn bleak.
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Instead of using irony or ironic, just say sarcastic, or funny, or coincidental.
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The irony here is that Sessions was one of Trump's earliest political supporters.
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"She is an unreconstructed idealist, an idealist without any irony about her idealism."
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The irony is that the reputation industry suffers from its own perception issues.
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The Economist: How has the far-right used irony to spread transgressive ideas?
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"That's the irony of carrying a balance to improve your score," says Rossman.
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However, there is irony in the mainstream reader's feeling of frustration and irritation.
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That said, we can't help but notice the irony that this photo represents.
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The irony is that scientists and intellectuals have long been interested in Spiritualism.
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Waters believes the original intent has been lost as America has embraced irony.
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The irony is that the very populations who are being targeted for this.
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The irony is that most of this work is being done for free.
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But even putting that strange meta-irony aside, Keaton is chilling as Toomes.
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"I am sorry for the inconvenience," he said without a grain of irony.
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Imagining the irony of that moment convinced me that we were going down.
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Even if I'm in a lousy mood, happy music has a certain irony.
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One difficult art a computer would struggle to replicate is that of irony.
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The irony is that despite political turbulence, Europe's fundamental investment case has improved.
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It wants you to chew on the irony, when Ramsay's dogs eat him.
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And no one seems to see the irony of discussing it on Facebook.
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There's a troubling irony in finding security vulnerabilities in these personal safety devices.
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"The irony of that was not lost on us at all," he says.
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In a twist of dramatic irony, Jon and Daenerys don't know they're related.
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Our most prominent journalists seem to have missed the Orwellian irony of Sen.
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The irony of Thursday night's debacle was that Trump did it to himself.
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The irony of the "No Smoking" sign above him shouldn't be lost, either.
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The irony of Matty's Hüsker Dü phase was not lost on his friends.
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DeMario's aware of the irony here ... or at least he seems to be.
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They all feature that brand of nihilistic millennial irony that's popular right now.
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Deep, imperious and thundering with an angry irony, the voice precedes the man.
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I think some of that comes from the irony of our time, though.Certainly.
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The ultimate irony, however, is that Cuomo may have made a grave miscalculation.
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Some pastimes just fade away, to resurface only with the smirk of irony.
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The Jerusalem embassy's inauguration ceremony was imbued with a kind of dark irony.
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Then, capping the irony, he took a seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Was there not a perverse irony in Germany accepting refugees rejected by Israel?
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The irony of his work as a surveyor was not lost on him.
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An algorithm to regulate political speech would have to master sarcasm and irony.
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It's a delicious irony: Cocky billionaire makes grand promises in a blog post.
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These numbers reveal an irony at play in our education system, Churches said.
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" He "lived in a kind of haughty misanthropy, behind a rampart of irony.
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Note, for example, the deafness to irony or abstraction in Ciccariello-Maher's detractors.
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Their fashion is hipsterish, without irony or a sense of being mere appliqué.
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Some reporters chuckled at the irony of a digital bug interrupting printed papers.
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The sad irony of France leading efforts to curb free speech is powerful.
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If irony is dead in politics, I guess it's still alive in fashion.
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It doses us with irony before hurling us back into gore and grief.
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The irony is that most of the president's policies are producing positive results.
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The irony is, the songwriters are more important than ever in the process.
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There's more than a little irony to the impending collapse of Barnes & Noble.
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And there's an additional irony to senator Bernardi's demand to use the music.
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The irony is that these two Ryan Zinkes seem identical to everyone else.
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In addition to Trump's gross misplacement of priorities, there's some unsettling irony here.
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We're sure the irony of this EO is not lost for Muslim-Americans.
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They enjoy these things without irony and derive inspiration from the purest form.
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Variety notes the irony in the audience delivering boos to a ghost movie.
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The irony is that, again, regulation will serve to protect these industry giants.
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The enforcer grabbed my elbow--the irony--and dragged me through the SubLounge.
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Why is it a comedy of irony that the young guys are short?
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The irony that the rehab is called Hope is not lost on me.
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I suspect he would have been amused by the irony of his timing.
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Verbal irony is when a person says one thing but clearly means another.
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Situational irony is when a result is the opposite of what was expected.
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None of the irony of that is lost on anyone on our set.
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It's the ultimate irony: Those who almost killed us are making us stronger.
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The issue here is really one of irony and hypocrisy more than illegality.
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" Yes, the irony is obvious, with its roaring subtext of "Socialist, socialize thyself.
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You don't have to tell SZA about the irony of her career trajectory.
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"There is a very dark bitter irony of the title," Mr. Pang said.
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And that dramatic irony furnishes a lot of the jokes in Good Boys.
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"Songwriters are the unsung heroes of the music world," Halsey said, without irony.
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"Men are control freaks," she told the broadcaster, without a trace of irony.
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To the Editor: Isn't there just an itty-bitty touch of irony here?
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"The irony …" I stopped at a kebab shop and chatted with the owner.
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Irony is Mr. Meyers's thing, and he was deftly funny pointing it out.
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The irony, of course, is how popular glitches are among Nintendo fans specifically.
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"The irony is that I actually really like Charlie Crist," Ms. Reid said.
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"Now the irony is that this government is protected by Russia and China."
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The irony is that even where there's ubiquitous content, people feel less informed.
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Subtlety got you a bit further, at least if there was irony involved.
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Suffice to say, the irony was not lost on the late-night hosts.
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Our public discourse, increasingly taking place on the internet, also stifles comic irony.
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The tragic irony is that it now seems set to do the opposite.
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You might have thought that Mr. Starr would at least acknowledge the irony.
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The irony is that blue states won't be impacted in the same way.
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The irony, Wright insists, is that Texas should be a solid blue state.
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It's the ultimate irony: suppressing free speech under the banner of free speech.
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Stalinist purges and made comparisons—because irony truly is dead—to the Nazis.
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It helps that he chose good targets and had an ear for irony.
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The irony is that high summer is when ingredients are at their best.
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The irony is that Canada, at the moment, has a lot to celebrate.
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Consider situational irony, in which two things become odd or humorous when juxtaposed.
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The irony is that this guy will never have to fly commercial again.
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The novel relies too heavily on dramatic irony, but it resists trite resolution.
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Walker Evans's influence is apparent: a scrupulous realism with no trace of irony.
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Such is the irony, and the power, of the right to free speech.
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Long Range Toddy : The irony for me is that I don't love running.
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I know there's some irony in the way people complain about the government.
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Our brief Age of Irony was not only unsatisfying; it was politically destructive.
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It is an irony that Ho currently has plenty of time to appreciate.
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Trump, however, did not appreciate the irony of that statement, and tweeted it.
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"The irony of your making that statement here I cannot avoid," he said.
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Without irony, the Army had given its dirt track a name: Route Victory.
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"Nice irony," Davis writes, though her mother might have called it something else.
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Hogue writes in his book essay: Modern campgrounds are replete with delightful irony.
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The difference is that we were doing it without a sense of irony.
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The irony being when arrears start upticking, buyers start taking even more time.
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The manifesto performs a critique of itself through irony, contradiction, and self-ridicule.
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There's a twisted irony to what this latest legal battle is all about.
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"The cruel irony, the almost unbelievable irony, is that the person who waits and waits and waits, after it happens, says, 'I've done what I've got to do, and I'm out of here,&apos" her son Rich Ball, 75, said.
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Irony, after all, is interesting only if you don't know if it's meant ironically.
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The irony of America's class system is its foundation in a culture of meritocracy.
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It's an irony that feels all too familiar in the era of Juicero.[FTC]
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But since the election, the phrase has been turned against Trump with biting irony.
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There's irony, then, in maximalists' current enthusiasm for narratives describing Bitcoin's social-layer resiliency.
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"The irony of your making that statement here, I cannot avoid," King said incredulously.
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Still, depending on your view, it's hard to overlook the irony or the symbolism.
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The irony here is that to support them, you have to eat the fish.
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And in a cruel irony, it's then that my iPhone battery decides to die.
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In the ultimate irony, by going after Chuck, Connerty resembles him more and more.
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The irony of it all was that Grumpy Cat wasn't, well, grumpy at all.
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The irony, of course, is that this is all arriving in an Avatar vacuum.
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But the irony is that the fitness industry is basically run by women now.
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The irony: As the Boys sat on chairs, the crowd stood on their feet.
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Her patriotism is heartfelt but tinged with sadness, and even a bit of irony.
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"The irony is that Trump may inadvertently help drain the swamp," the aide said.
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The irony in growing food waste is that people don't want to waste food.
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But in a cruel irony, Becky's parents weren't the only ones hiding the truth.
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The irony is: that's what NOW has always done, and what it's doing today.
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And how did irony become one of the most dangerous weapons in online propaganda?
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Baker uses humor and irony to draw attention to and critique that imposed invisibility.
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The irony is that, though the winds are often highly destructive, damaging vines, etc.
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Finally some more unbearable dramatic irony and the grating voice of a whiny teenager!
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It was a decision that — irony alert — Kalanick apparently called in to push for.
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More than a decade later, as Veep in particular shows, irony is not dead.
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Fat Boy seemed to appreciate the moment's irony and briefly put down the controls.
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There is, of course, a particular irony to the racial makeup of professional football.
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He noted and laughed about the irony of conveying this PSA with visual instructions.
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And of course, the irony now is, am I covering the pendulum swing back?
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Although theoretically dense, Blas's exhibition balances serious insights with some much-needed comedic irony.
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"The irony is just really funny at the end of the day," she said.
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Still, the irony does not seem to have resonated with his campaign brain trust.
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"The irony is that the people feed those who kill them," he remarks bitterly.
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The irony was not lost on Representative Jerry Nadler, the chair of the committee.
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You can always count on those financially irresponsible young folk to bring the irony.
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In doing this, he often employed parody and irony to argue against his opponents.
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"Trump Camp misses irony of promoting an orange-faced Trump-themed hat." https://t.
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Better to endure irony here and now than true peril in 19th-century Ireland.
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But the irony of forcing inclusivity on clubs is that inevitably, clubs go away.
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The irony is that the cause of coal miners should be a Democratic cause.
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A better choice of T-shirt for Damore would carry the slogan: 'RIP Irony'.
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Yet the irony of a libertarian citing Burke is too delicious to pass by.
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The irony is, Babcock never wanted to be PUP's singer in the first place.
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And then there is the irony of a show like this being on Fox.
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We go further than positive or negative — it can even detect irony and sarcasm.
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Optimism, camo print, and wallet chains were deployed without a single whiff of irony.
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Her speech to a group of women in Berwyn, Pennsylvania was full of irony.
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Emojis help to navigate irony in text, to clarify tone in a voiceless medium.
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The plight of the final resting place of Rome's first emperor illustrates an irony.
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There's an obvious irony when talking about medical marijuana benefitting people who served time.
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There is an irony here for British Eurosceptics who like to trumpet parliamentary sovereignty.
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The man who led Macron's presidential campaign last year, Richard Ferrand, reacted with irony.
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The irony is it's a conservative-leaning organization, and it's being trashed by conservatives.
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The irony of her ex-boyfriend calling her "selfish" is not lost on her.
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Nope. And it's hard to escape the irony of North's choice by the NRA.
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"I am in excellent physical and emotional health," the letter says, with agonizing irony.
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The irony of this, of course, is that he is Islamic by heritage only.
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Whatever that entails, it definitely doesn't come with irony-awareness consulting, to be sure.
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Without irony, they tell themselves, "Don't be evil," parroting Google's code of corporate conduct.
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The irony is that the Kurds were a key to implementing the Armenian genocide.
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Wilkins's final pages recount, with suitable irony, the black comedy of Hardy's double burial.
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There is more than a hint of irony in the case, Mr. Ma said.
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Like Franzen, Shriver is a shrewd social commentator with a fine ear for irony.
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The irony of black users' data being used for medical research, then, is painful.
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"The irony of that is the cost to government will be higher," said Farrow.
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There is no end to the irony that globalization 4.0 was this year's theme.
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"So deluded you can't even see the irony here," said Lebanese academic Joey Ayoub.
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The irony is that the report does not, as Trump claims, "totally exonerate" him.
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The irony, naturally, is that clean, clear skin is the ideal base for makeup.
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They simply stand out in exemplifying the supreme irony of such hostility in hindsight.
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Many have noted that Morissette's "Ironic" largely features coincidences, instead of instances of irony.
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A steady, low-grade, dyspeptic irony keeps Bissell at the surface of his subject.
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For someone so funny, Belott doesn't traffic in irony or jokes-on-you condescension.
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" 10:08 PM The irony of Pence saying "Elaine, let me finish a sentence.
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It's a meme that sums up a collective cultural moment with a dark irony.
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Irony aside, though, the scene inside the Janesville Holiday Inn Express seems relatively peaceful.
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The irony is that critics were kinder to this movie than the last few.
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The irony of Thomas's nomination by then-President George H.W. Bush began the intrigue.
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Lemberger said nothing but the irony went out of his gaze leaving only mischief.
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They want to know her philosophy, her feelings on irony, how she does it.
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In a sour irony, some legal experts think Kavanaugh's confirmation could imperil Miller v.
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It is the death of irony in our society in this day and age.
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There was a fair amount of irony in his singing, and his pals laughed.
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Like a lot of online subcultures, incel communities are steeped in irony and trolling.
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Though just a child, she said she put this irony out of her mind.
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But the irony is that it's diminishing his impact on the city's transportation systems.
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Today's cabarets require viewers to suspend not just modern theatrical expectations but irony, too.
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Mr. Friedman infused that work with an emotional ardor that goes way beyond irony.
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There is more than a hint of irony in the case, Mr. Ma said.
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In a bitter irony of timing, the elder had just gotten himself a girlfriend.
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But it's 2019, and inherent irony is kind of the name of the game.
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And the ultimate irony is that he so often misleads his followers with fiction.
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"The irony is that the science has never been more promising," Mr. Dwyer said.
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He mangles every attempt at irony, self-mockery or, God forbid, an actual joke.
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W: Is there irony in a foundation funded by John Rockefeller talking about renewables?
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Autofill is likely the culprit here, but the irony is lost on no one.
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The great irony was that nobody was more unhappy about it than Mr. O'Brien.
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The irony is that the media is one of Trump's foremost targets of abuse.
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Never mind the irony, given that Trump constantly transgresses equally (or more) important norms.
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As my gaze settled upon the portrait, the irony washed over me in waves.
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"I know, the irony," Olympia Snowe, the former senator from Maine, once told me.
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Democrats are eager to argue the irony of any complaints about partisanship and obstructionism.
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He says, "Brackets, laughs bitterly" to convey some degree of irony or self-loathing.
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The irony is that the threats are real and all of his own making.
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The irony is that an anti-China shock would do exactly the same thing.
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"'Your mom' is the gold standard," Ms. Gabel said without a hint of irony.
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And in a rich bit of irony, DoorDash essentially brought this situation onto itself.
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Like Mr. Lagerfeld, Mr. Abloh has made his mark in part by embracing irony.
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"We prefer to address things with a little bit of irony," Ms. O'Keefe said.
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It was not just about the trenches but also about irony, poetry and wit.
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The irony is, it may be more enjoyable if you don't get the references.
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"There's a built-in sense of irony in surfers' use of language," he said.
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The inherently playful nature of emoji adds a layer of irony to her tweets.
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In the irony of ironies, some Buddhists came from Bangladesh to accept Myanmar's offer.
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A sad irony -- given that his ambition had always been to be a policeman.
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For me, there's a kind of irony here, because we're not fighting fascism now.
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It's typical of Ms. Garfield to make the relationship between sincerity and irony ambiguous.
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The tragic irony is that these attacks tend to have the exact opposite effect.
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He pointed at the irony of a church situated next door to a brothel.
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Becoming other people but still herself with a sense of irony, making social commentary.
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The irony was Barbra had gotten me into the D.G.A. — she signed my application.
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The irony, of course, is that a lot of 3D games were puddle-deep.
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In stories like these, of meticulous, mostly silent injustice, the sad irony writes itself.
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The irony of course is that there was nothing practically liberating about my madness.
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The irony is not lost on the women who ended up witnessing his set.
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Viewed in retrospect, the optimism about Germany's future also takes on a dark irony.
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It's often hard to grasp the amounts of sincerity and irony in Burga's work.
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I think the comparison with a jewelry display is instructive in its unintended irony.
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The irony of Trump's straight talk shtick is that it's so obviously a shtick.
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One bit of irony: this was, apparently, Clinton's strength one on one — her listening.
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" They succeed because they're moments of blazing sincerity and goodwill amid the streams of irony, sarcasm, and bad faith, sweet reprieves that are popular among young people who grew up on the internet asking, "How many layers of irony are you on?
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"I do appreciate the irony," said RoseAnn DeMoro, the executive director of National Nurses United.
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Whether or not she gets Twitter irony and pop culture commentary, she's still a kid.
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Embrace your Thrillist side and go all in on a kiddie pool and irony. 7.
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For those oblivious to irony, there are even digital detox apps like ShuttApp and AppDetox.
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"You can see the irony," the researchers, known by the handles Slipstream and MY123, wrote.
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They see no irony in using an orchestral group metaphor to describe this solitary creature.
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Nunberg also acknowledged the irony in the idea that he would need help getting publicity.
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I realize the irony of writing this diatribe on a blog but them's the breaks.
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The unavoidable irony is that Cruz has previously tried to limit Americans' right to masturbate.
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Yet, Fitz still says, "I like doing things myself," without a hint of wry irony.
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" It concluded that the novel was "poignant with beauty as well as a penetrating irony. . . .
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" A quick lesson on the meaning of irony naturally brought up the 1996 song "Ironic.
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Standing in an endless queue outside Barcelona airport, that irony was not lost on him.
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The irony of "WikiLeaks" taking a stand against leaks was not lost on some users.
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Trump's insistence that Hunter Biden profited off his father's political position is not without irony.
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In a historical irony, Mr Schäuble, now the Speaker of the Bundestag, will be crucial.
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Austen, known for her satirical wit, would likely appreciate the irony of the quote selection.
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The killer's manifesto, too, is steeped in 8chan-like irony, a style sometimes termed "shitposting".
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If Comcast does make a hostile bid for Fox, there will be irony in it.
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The irony is that this is not a takedown piece on Ford in any way.
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All U.S. irony is based on an implicit 'I don't really mean what I say.
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But it was very often on substance, or with a sense of humor, or irony.
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A grim irony is that provoking this crisis probably wasn't very smart on Assad's part.
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Most Chinese citizens would be thrilled, however, there is a deep irony behind their success.
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The fact Perry will now lead that forgotten agency is a supreme twist of irony.
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That Bannon's attempt to take power eventually led to his downfall is a funny irony.
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Many comedies are propelled by irony, wit, and self-deprecation; others run on sheer absurdity.
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The irony of Trump's use of "hombre" was not lost on CNN analyst Van Jones.
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The irony of the green screen effect wasn't lost on those watching the Olympic coverage.
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Cersei gave it to Bronn to kill Tyrion as a deliberate act of dramatic irony.
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The irony is that they were the ones who pushed these trade agreements the most.
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It seems safe to say that Trump doesn't spend his spare time pondering this irony.
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"Irony and cynicism is baked into the DNA of so much internet culture," Phillips explained.
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So the Razr could be the perfect accessory for teens discovering irony and nostalgic millennials.
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"I think it's a bit of an irony and they deserve the problem," Paul said.
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But the irony of it is, we can be a huge part of the solution.
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They're active on social media and employ irony and humor in their messaging, Segal said.
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John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who mocked the irony of collaborating with Russia on cybersecurity.
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Mike -- who's also written for the likes of Justin Bieber -- is clearly enjoying the irony.
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The obvious bit of irony was her pledge to rid the world of internet bullies.
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It's a strange irony for an industry that prides itself on lack of communication barriers.
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From the psychiatrist's perspective, there's a sad irony in the impending demise of the ACA.
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That was the ultimate fear... The irony is that to some degree it was true.
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It's a bittersweet irony to be able to take any athlete for granted at 39.
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The irony weighs so heavily on this scene, it's like a custom-made Balmain cape.
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The irony is as easy as it is enormous, and yet Clinton made it possible.
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Horrific. The irony is, actually it's not ironic at all, is it actually gets worse.
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The cruel irony is that the movie "celebrates freedom and empowerment," noted Yalda T. Uhls.
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"The irony is that technology has concentrated economic opportunity instead of dispersing it," he said.
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The irony of making a point about commonality while denigrating a particular group is disappointing.
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The irony is that by barring him, Mr Putin has tended to confirm this analysis.
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Melania Trump taking on cyberbullying is actually a secret ploy to teach kids about irony.
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Obama's effort to save Trump and the nation from Flynn is full of painful irony.
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The irony was clear: As a young teenager, he had hated the Taliban and Pakistan.
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It incarnates a victory of 'style' over 'content,' 'aesthetics' over 'morality,' of irony over tragedy.
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The irony is that tax reformers want a simpler tax code, a very laudable goal.
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She was the master of irony and wordplay, which is something I've always found entertaining.
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But he tells the story flatly, without grievance or irony, as if giving a deposition.
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" The murders, he said, were "produced entirely within the irony-soaked discourse of modern extremism.
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The irony, of course, is that the Sumner Redstone of old was anything but deliberate.
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The irony is it's free speech that suffers in such a thuggish and febrile atmosphere.
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The irony of that is, you never actually know when you're being watched or monitored.
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His detractors savored the irony; it seemed that maybe he would finally learn his lesson.
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The irony is not lost on Marelis Gonzalez, who runs the "Las Chinas" food store.
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The irony is that the VA, at least, does offer patients weighted blankets and vests.
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The irony of this entire article is that I really don't like talking about tinnitus.
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A hint of irony: As CNN points out, Google has struggled to diversify its company.
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And I think our generation is pretty nostalgic for something that is rooted in irony.
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But his hearing is going — a cruel twist of irony that only moderately fazes him.
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The irony is that this HBO Sports project was scheduled to air during the tournament.
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The irony is that the missions of the two rival artistic teams are mostly aligned.
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But that irony only makes Rosemary's Baby feel angrier, louder, and ultimately more terrifying today.
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The feeling is one of terror, not irony, for who wishes to be buried alive?
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For him, it is a stinging irony that his lifetime high could lay him low.
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That particular irony is not lost on Christoph Büchel, the Swiss-Icelandic artist behind MAGA.
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The irony is that that's exactly what the audience is supposed to think about Malvolio.
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The Blenheim Art Foundation, unsurprisingly, failed to see either humor or irony in the situation.
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My deal breaker is [not having a sense of] humor and [grasping] sarcasm and irony.
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I wanted more context, more passion, a bit of irony and certainly more simple history.
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The humor is often oblique — conveyed through irony, paradox, double meaning, and opaque cultural references.
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In place of their pomp and self-seriousness, some self-irony might be in order.
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Its orchestration is dissonant but sparse, and its mood is not whimsical nostalgia but irony.
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The irony of ordering take out at the grocery store is not lost on me.
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GM's decision to make this lane-hogging beast electric is a huge irony, of course.
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The irony is that Bloomberg has used his time and philanthropy to advance progressive causes.
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Sounds a little too ironic, and yet the movie means us to understand the irony.
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The irony is that media merged to take on tech, but it's one possible outcome.
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Their work has none of Pop's screaming irony, none of its poster-like graphic speed.
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The irony is that the proceeds were from the settlement of a race discrimination case.
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The irony is, only we could afford to do the kind of campaign we did.
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The irony is that the proceeds were from the settlement of a race discrimination case.
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It's a brutal historical irony that another airliner has fallen amid a US-Iran squabble.
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"You want to know the irony of all this?" he said, gesturing toward Rikers Island.
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The irony, if that is the right word, is that sports is essentially aestheticized labor.
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He loosened his line, upped his scale, eased off on irony and moved toward painting.
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An irony surrounds the whole endeavor, and a lot of students seemed to see it.
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The irony is both dark and profound: Only in death do drug users become victims.
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There is a cruel irony in Lightfoot's election that few, if any, are talking about.
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The irony of how Solomon and Giuliani's relationship has changed appears to elude both men.
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The irony is that Mr Biden may have turned in his strongest debate performance yet.
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She has a poised, aristocratic manner, yet she is alert to paradox, irony, and absurdity.
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As it turns out, this irony wasn&apost lost on the evening&aposs honoree, either.
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The irony in trying to be unique on paper is that everyone becomes the same.
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The irony is that the United States no longer needs much oil from the Gulf.
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KREMLIN SAYS IT VIEWS SUCH REPORTS WITH IRONY, IT'S VERY EASY TO DEMONISE RUSSIAN HACKERS
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The FBI's complaint carries a note of irony considering the agency has notoriously stonewalled Congress.
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In Because Internet, the linguist Gretchen McCulloch explains "lol": It's an irony marker, she says.
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There is some irony in all the undesired interest that these entrepreneurial phenomena are receiving.
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Critics of Trump have noted the irony of his choice of Azar given that history.
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Bruce HigginsSan Diego To the Editor: It's been said that irony is an obsolete concept.
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But it's his trio's synergy that gives "Agrima" what it needs: possibility, irony, tenderness. 13.
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With a tone of irony, the nurses are demanding the same salaries as military officers.
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The irony wasn't lost on social media users, who accused the Emiratis of tone deafness.
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But she has a keen eye for the central irony at the core of Vice.
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There is, of course, some irony to Trump criticizing someone for lying about crowd size.
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The irony: In the article, these women were identified only by their husband's names, Mrs.
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The irony is that the King consumes everything he was once so afraid of losing.
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The irony is that by visiting these fragile ecosystems, travelers are actually accelerating their demise.
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Did everyone really love anime, or was that just another level of brain-melting irony?
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Those who stuck around kind of maybe didn't get the irony of it or something.
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The irony of a survey of Triple Candie's "work" is almost too rich to describe.
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Perhaps — most provocatively — the irony of a black president in the slave-owning Washington's garb.
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To understand the irony and duplicity of that statement, you need to understand Ryan's career.
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And that's part of the irony of this determinedly irony-resistant film: The "genius" for which Max Perkins is generally held responsible—at least the kind of genius of which the interior designers of tech firms are aware—belongs to Fitzgerald and Hemingway, not Wolfe.
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Maybe he's just too naïve: his music is not without occasional irony (check the strange yet charming country parodies on Hot August Night) but he rarely uses that irony to accentuate the distance between himself and his music or his music and his listener.
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The irony of being greeted by these motivational posters was lost on me at the time.
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The irony here is if you want to show bias, you would simply use his words.
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But the irony is that Lost largely knew the answers that so many viewers were seeking.
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After all, Equifax is itself a credit reporting agency; there's plenty of irony to go around.
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The question bothered me for a while until I attended their parties and understood the irony.
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The irony is that there may no longer be "easy" trade solutions with Germany and Japan.
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Somewhere out there, there's a version of House of Cards that maybe engages with that irony.
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The irony is that boomers criticize millennials for being snowflakes, for being too driven by feelings.
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That's when she sniped, "No, it's my turn," which she said without a hint of irony.
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"We are aware of the irony," Dustin Gilbreath, a Transparify spokesman, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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It's an irony, as many have noted, that this policy was announced on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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The irony of such alienation is that at its core, preservation is an exercise in sustainability.
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The sad irony is that Arab culture, especially in Gulf countries, is often anti-black itself.
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The irony now is that locking data down too far may make the current incumbents unassailable.
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B. First, the irony: "Keeping the Dead Sea alive" is something I never thought I'd hear.
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The irony, of course, is that political history of polo shirts are at odds with Nazis.
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But there is an irony to the gun group's campaign: Cops often oppose NRA-backed policies.
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Many also pointed out the irony of asserting white supremacy using a product of Polynesian culture.
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The irony is that people have told me that the film has become a cult classic.
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In his prose he cultivated self-irony and sought privacy and autonomy from the Soviet state.
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Trademark or copyright infringement, for sure… and I'm still not sure if it counts as irony.
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And yet, the irony is that Apple and Samsung are the perfect example of asymmetric competition.
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Absent from the work is the deadpan canniness of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein's cool irony.
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The irony is Obama was good for tobacco, and Warren may be good for big oil.
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I admit, I laughed along myself at first, the irony flying right over my zapped head.
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While thousands flocked to "like" the retweet, others pointed out the irony of the apparent jab.
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This year, however, it seems the Emmys started cracking under the weight of all that irony.
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Banishing irony and wit doesn't elevate a novel to art and can diminish it to kitsch.
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It is another irony that unelected peers may do more to shape Brexit than elected MPs.
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There is also a mild irony here, of a kind that partisan thinking often throws up.
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But there's a tragic irony to clearing rainforests for agriculture: their underlying soils are extremely poor.
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But there are many layers of irony in Cruz's newfound willingness to call Trump a liar.
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On their way back to Sinaloa, Aviles and Felix are stopped by cop cars (the irony!).
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The irony is that nearly all crypto tracking apps use CoinMarketCap's API to get their data.
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This is why, despite the irony, English will probably still dominate the European Union after Brexit.
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Cue dramatic irony and a sudden rush to cram everything in to the episode's remaining third.
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The irony is that, if he succeeds, he may also make many of them more liberal.
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But there's a greater irony: Removing US troops soon could ensure ISIS, well, doesn't go away.
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The tragic irony: Roy Orbison was killed by his own heart at the age of 52.
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The irony is that abolishing Obamacare could cost Mr Trump Republican control of Congress next year.
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And that's what irony is built on, that's what all of these things are built on.
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The speech opens with irony—Trump "humbly" accepts the nomination—before veering into now familiar territory.
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He was also not blind to the irony of Trump supporters buying themselves a way out.
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Sometimes, in a fit of irony, I like to simulate my daily problems with more work.
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"There's somewhat of a cruel irony that they come here, and they experience this," Palazzo said.
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It was the cruelest sort of irony: He couldn't even get the wrong thing done correctly.
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But millennials aren't the only ones employing irony in this brave new world of wine consumption.
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It seems an almost unbelievable irony that Trump could be married to a former undocumented immigrant.
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Which, with some deep irony, is exactly how the Chinese have blocked American companies for years.
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The irony is that the U.S. cloud act… allowed their entities to access data across borders.
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The irony of Trump's hostility to privacy protections is that he clearly prizes privacy for himself.
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And of great irony to me: Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear [Gaye's touchstone album about divorce].
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" He reflected on the irony of spending years trying to write songs that "everyone would love.
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" Philippe Claudel, one of the jurors, called the novel a masterpiece, "full of humanity, melancholy, irony.
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Emma hides behind her addictions, and she uses her sense of irony as a distancing scrim.
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A cheap irony: he got to be a starter at last, on the prison baseball team.
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The irony is that Houston, because of its looser regulations, will likelier tolerate such dense development.
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The irony is, Japan today is home to some of the world's most coveted tattoo artists.
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The cruel irony is that far from reaching "freedom," numbers of countless innocents die en route.
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An irony of fringe art is that its idiosyncrasies and high maintenance raise its popular profile.
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There would seem to be an irony in liberal protesters' openly condemning a liberal district attorney.
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The irony of this entire situation is that the president has been incredibly tough on Russia.
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The irony of it, I hope, has not escaped anybody, about what happened to that show.
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This is a Hempel narrator, after all: dreamy, quick-witted, toggling between tenderness, irony, and rage.
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AI also has a hard time understanding uniquely human interactions such as humor, sarcasm, and irony.
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Once the irony has ebbed away, however, the F.A. will have to face an uncomfortable truth.
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The cruel irony, of course, is that Johnson was the one who originally stacked this deck.
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"The irony is that this woman is very meticulous about her religious observance," Rabbi Lookstein said.
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There was some irony in the stroll each day between our hotel and the Nansen Institute.
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But there was a second layer of irony there on the windswept shores of the fjord.
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But the irony is that one of the key exponents of the school was Robert Bork.
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In contrast to Red Scare's edgy, irony-drenched schtick, Calloway's social media presence is entirely earnest.
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The other irony is California's steady refusal to listen to the advice of its own experts.
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There's a certain irony to the timing of these all-out efforts to block congressional oversight.
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The irony of the China defense is that it is a form of admitting the crime.
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In a further irony, climate change denialism is a "party truth," associated with Republican elected officials.
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The irony is that Clinton played an important role in creating the luxury of that perspective.
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The irony, of course, is that it's precisely those celebrations that the state seeks to stifle.
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Of course, the irony wasn't lost on the audience, who had a field day on Twitter.
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And if they do, it's even harder to fathom how they've missed the irony in it.
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Just one example of the humor and delightful irony that abound in this lively first novel.
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There's an irony here, since you can't ethically or practically repair, recycle, or throw away AirPods.
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The irony, and you know this because you know me, is that I have social anxiety.
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The irony is not lost on me that most of my peers faced them in college.
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The irony is that will make Facebook more of an echo chamber, not less of one.
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The irony here is that the more throwaway the word becomes, the more we need it.
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What a terrible irony it would be if Trump stays in the race and Pence resigns.
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It's exhilaratingly direct, punching through the skein of irony most of us wear like a veil.
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The irony of Nice Guys like Dawson, of course, is that their entitlement is not nice.
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Negron acknowledged the irony of playing a colonialist monarch in a U.S. territory without voting privileges.
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As the U.S. Senate passed its long-delayed energy bill April 2628, the irony was acute.
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In a bitter irony, these chemicals, used to cool, have also been driving global temperatures up.
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Mr. Servitto (of "The Sopranos") and Ms. Becker perform with an impressive lack of distancing irony.
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The irony is that Trump insists the American dream is dead, and he has a point.
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BRANDON: No, irony is when the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the literal meaning.
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Looking back, there's an irony, though, creating paintings with a material designed never to be seen.
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A new patron would be forgiven for believing the owner had a lively sense of irony.
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The irony is he famously makes it rain all over the place -- even on his dog.
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It lends her paintings of nursing mothers, babies, and children an ominous cast and dramatic irony.
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The cruel irony is that the duet, "Pore Jud is Daid" is normally played for laughs.
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In contrast to his more earthbound peers, Pousette-Dart pursued the spiritual without irony or doubt.
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Maybe nobody fixed it because these little dings capture the irony of being Tiger Woods now.
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The irony is that it probably works about as well as similarly marketed anti-aging products.
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The novel's great irony is that Lenny — ur-jokester, irreverence personified — may care most of all.
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I guess the final irony is this: Liberal educated boomers have hogged the spotlight since Woodstock.
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The irony is that Mr. Sessions was among the president's most effective and loyal foot soldiers.
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"The irony is, all I was doing was acting — all day, every day," Mr. Osment said.
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Many people commented on the irony of Hillary having more so-called "walls" up than Trump.
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The irony of Ms. Smith lamenting her loss of privacy before 18 people is not lost.
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But that possibility has evaporated because of the second irony of immigration in the Trump era.
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The irony is that compared with human intelligence, A.I. is actually the more transparent of intelligences.
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Yet it was always with the same sense of irony and mischievousness as in his writing.
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Despite their totally opposite personas, the great irony in all this is how similar they are.
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The artist's heightened use of irony makes it difficult to see the seriousness of her question.
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The irony, of course, is that the park is the ideal place to be a kid.
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The real irony here is that, judging by I.Q. scores, women are now smarter than men.
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The irony, of course, is that weeks like this are when we need sports the most.
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The two-minute clip is catnip for a pro-Trump internet shaped by irony and snark.
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There's an undeniable irony reviewing an ultraportable laptop when you're not allowed to leave your house.
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Here's the even deeper irony: Physicians are already using chloroquine anyway, because there's nothing else yet.
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The irony is just so ripe with Everlane's messaging about how we're all in this together.
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The irony was inescapable — I thought of workers being made to train their own outsourced replacements.
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For all the thumping energy, the music has a touch of stiff irony reminiscent of Shostakovich.
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The irony of all this is that hobbies do make you more productive, in a way.
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The images, rife with irony and contradictions, are not unlike some of the shots from Manhatta.
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It's a form of both irony and telepathy — knowing that you'll know what is being unsaid.
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"The irony is glaring," said Roy Gutterman, who teaches communications law and journalism at Syracuse University.
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Bennet, but her milder irony doesn't choke the truth out of the declaration about rich bachelors.
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"The Lucky Star" is gilded with the signature Vollmann brew of erudition, irony, mysticism and banality.
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The irony is that Britain's A-list shareholder culture makes its de-equitisation all the likelier.■
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With a bit of irony, the answer can be excavated from an old coal-mining community.
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Fran Lebowitz's sophomore collection of essays, "Social Studies," is published, and the age of irony begins.
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President Trump's endorsement of Mr. Conte wrapped the whole story in an additional layer of irony.
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Indeed, a striking irony of this era is that the potential common ground has arguably increased.
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"—but then claimed, in the Trumpian manner, that he was speaking "in a spirit of irony.
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There is a great deal of irony and misdirection in this allegation by the Sanders team.
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In my recently published book, "Irony and Sarcasm," I attempt to disentangle knotty issues like these.
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In other cases, however, a situation may lack an essential element that irony seems to require.
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Irony is an incredibly useful term that is applied to a very nebulous set of concepts.
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"This collection is a rejection of irony, bad taste, satire, reality TV and kitsch," said Lak.
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Do we want them to lead with a sense of submerged irony, of wistful self-awareness?
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The irony is that if you championed socialism like this in Finland, you'd get few takers.
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You have to admit, there's some irony in a bunch of resale companies, well, reselling companies.
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I asked Pinto if he was aware of the irony of being killed by soccer fans.
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There was always just this level of irony with me that I kind of hid behind.
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Even the New York Times could not resist remarking on the irony of this messy divorce.
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No, here's the cruel irony for the writer I am: I wrote them out of existence.
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"Here&aposs the irony: People who have those old defined-benefit plans love them," Thaler said.
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But it's precisely this dramatic irony that gives 'Portraits of Courage' its numinous and haunting quality.
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I'm glad Jewell was given the honor of Hauser's performance, but that's another irony, isn't it?
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The irony is that Trump's historically low confirmation number is happening while Republicans control the Senate.
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As far as I could tell, Kissin was alert to their nuances of irony and melancholy.
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His voice has a bellow mode, which he deploys mostly with irony—mock-bravado or command.
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And in a further irony, they used taxpayer money to save "the economy" and the banks.
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Can't tell you what a deep irony it is to have this guy leading that crusade.
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No, he lacks a sense of satire and even of irony, except in a cosmic sense.
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It's kitschy as hell, but also oddly endearing in its total lack of irony or cynicism.
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Yes, one man says while he applauds, quiet and forceful and without any irony at all.
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There was also a large contingent of rowdy Sixers fans who announced their presence with irony.
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Klee practiced a light-touch graphic irony that was inspired by the philosopher Friedrich von Schlegel.
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The irony is I've never seen most of them since I've been totally blind since 2000.
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Many have pointed out the irony of Trump inviting a boy because he has experienced bullying.
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Swisher noted the irony of his supporting Reddit, a site and platform that's known for allowing bullying.
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The irony is that Sanders was a prime beneficiary of this bias, not a victim of it.
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He said he was very aware of the irony of documenting girls who are blind via photography.
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When we were in creative discussions about this idea, I wanted something that had a little irony.
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Pence's expansion of Medicaid has been a lasting irony as the Trump administration tries to repeal Obamacare.
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And therein lies the irony, because no one felt worse about what happened than Randy Johnson himself.
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The potential irony in all this is that Sonos was once the leader in home audio streaming.
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He had a great sense of himself and a fabulous sense of humor and sense of irony.
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The sad irony is that he seems to have paid a price for acting in good faith.
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But I just enjoy the irony of Donald fighting back [against Adele] when he fought Mac Miller.
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The irony is that a whole sea of water laps at the shores of the coastal city.
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Matt Viser of The Boston Globe noted the irony -- and the political clashes just around the corner.
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Irony is a staple of Gen Z humor, even if they're not always using the word correctly.
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And irony of ironies: A bumbling Fed made the right decision to back off interest-rate hikes.
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Not to mention the extreme heightening of suspense, dramatic irony, and fake deaths that dotted the films.
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Me thinks the politically correct Disney types completely missed the irony of this part of the story.
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Apparently the irony was too great for The Nib to resist pointing out to the GOP's Twitter: .
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You've raised the important question of how one maintains integrity, irony, and subtlety while making political work.
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While she and I warm up on the rower, though, she explains the irony behind this persona.
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The irony is that by condemning the peaceful protest, Trump has actually inspired others to follow suit.
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The nuance of irony is lost when your face becomes closely associated, however jokingly, with hateful opinions.
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" She continued, "The way I have taught my children the joy of irony and how to love.
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Let's just push past the whole inherent irony of naming a product category "smart dumbbells," shall we?
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A recurring irony in "The Yellow House" is Ivory Mae's refusal to invite outsiders into her home.
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The irony is that the German leader suddenly realizes how much her country needs a united Europe.
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We even share a beauty spot below the left eye; the irony is not lost on me.
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The irony of this theory is in this case the Lannisters are undone by paying their debt.
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It was part of the left's reaction against the alt-right, for whom irony is a weapon.
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This may be intended as irony, but it mostly lets audiences congratulate themselves for their superior knowledge.
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Sure, all of the data is true, but they littered the abstract and conclusion sections with irony.
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Ultimately, these emails — like any ancient corporate emails — are best read with an eye toward dramatic irony.
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"The irony was, we were boycotting at a time that they were finally acknowledging us," he said.
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It's that she enthuses, without apparent irony, about avocados, tofu, and the "amenities" of her fancy gym.
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Without a trace of irony, the deputy prime minister accused the constitutional court of flouting the constitution.
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Ayer, in either irony, anger, bemusement, or all of the above, responded to Erlich's review on Twitter.
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Although it's unclear why the drugs featured Trump's face, the branding comes with a touch of irony.
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AOC's spokesman Corbin Trent described the FAQ cow statement as "literally — clearly — irony," per the Washington Post.
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People online have been quick to point out the irony of the post, should it be real.
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If you dig deeper, this is also a story about the internet's deeply intertwined relationship with irony.
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The irony that these home-bakers don't even play for a cash prize isn't lost on us.
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The cruel irony is that Parker's noble intent to redefine that title may only further vilify it.
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And I thought of the irony of playing Bryan Mills with my daughter headed off to Paris.
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The company hopes to raise $3 billion (the irony) at a valuation of $20 to $25 billion.
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" One Twitter user responded, "The irony of Melania Trump talking about limiting children's use of social media.
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The irony of judging cooking show contestants from the comfort of my own couch doesn't escape me.
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I can only hope future commenters see the irony in that, as we do in Trithemius's warning.
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The irony is that Vickery watched Camille drive past the girls in her car just seconds earlier.
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The irony is that anyone who knows me well knows that I am the antithesis of patient.
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It was a bitter irony that we were running away from him and he was right there.
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"The irony is that the U.S. maximum pressure strategy was supposed to temper Iranian behavior," he said.
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Irony: Xi has promised to fight the corruption of wealth and politics, as well as income inequality.
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" Vocalist Art Alexakis says, without irony, in the intonation of a cruise ship entertainer, "Look at this!
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Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the armed services committee, noted the irony of the announcement's date.
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