far-fetched
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Much of what happens in the basement tends toward melodrama and feels especially far-fetched — it’s the horror movie component.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The museum's director Mathieu Deldicque said that while the apple story may sounds far-fetched, it was widely covered by newspapers at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
And if a jobless boom once seemed far-fetched, it no longer does, because we seem to be in one right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sure, some may call it crazy or far-fetched.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
It doesn’t seem far-fetched to speculate that because Hall had talked Hansen into coming back to Everest, it would have been especially hard for him to deny Hansen the summit a second time.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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