absurdity

Julian Fellowes’s 19th-century drama is still a festival of overacting and narrative absurdity, yet it feels increasingly clever in its theatricality—and Carrie Coon remains a marvel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

While the argument might be internally consistent, it reveals the absurdity that arises from the use of the death penalty in a country governed by the rule of law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

To draw the world’s attention to a serious matter by way of absurdity — that’s a good trick.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

She was also, in her own unique way, a dedicated revolutionary, rarely letting an opportunity pass to use her appearance to point out the perils and absurdity of stereotyping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Despite the absurdity of feeling such a thing at that moment, in those circumstances, he flushes from top to bottom, tingles and goose bumps all over.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Finally, if you think the obstacles to orderly press coverage and the absurdities of decision-day theater are bad, remember that they are nothing compared to how the court does its own substantive work.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Parr, renowned for capturing the quiet rituals and absurdities of British life, was commissioned by the National Trust to capture life in Lacock, Wiltshire, during the spring and summer of 2025.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Like it or not, Colbert was doing what comedians are supposed to do: hold a mirror up to society, politics, human nature or whatever their focus may be, and call out the absurdities within.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

Maybe thinking about the procedural absurdities of the Court’s order was less overwhelming than thinking about its meaning.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson