preposterous

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Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Written by Matthew Parkhill, with Guy Ritchie — who directed Robert Downey Jr. in two steroidal Holmes films — helming some episodes, it’s pulpy and nutty and preposterous, mostly in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Even at that point, the idea of Tutberidze with a women’s figure skating contender in 2026 would have sounded preposterous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

ANL has consistently denied all the claims against it -- which relate to more than 50 articles in a period from at least 1993 to 2018 -- calling them "lurid" and "preposterous".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Though success in Cambridge conversation frequently came from saying something preposterous, hoping that someone would take you seriously, there was no need for Francis to adopt this gambit.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson