farce
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However, Kim Yo Jong ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In placing the problems of his age on the stage, Dürrenmatt combined tragedy and grotesque comedy, poignant drama and political farce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Murray described the situation in Melbourne - where he beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second-latest finish in Grand Slam history - as a "farce".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But if the first go-rounds last year were tragedy—depressing stocks, spiking prices, and rending hearts in both countries—the latest skirmish is starting to look more like farce.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
We presented The Blockade of Boston, Major-General Burgoyne’s farce upon rebel hypocrisy, as one of the most celebrated events of our hivernal concert series.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Brecht’s furiously unsentimental farces got him harangued — first by the Nazis, then by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
These actors sparked off each other, in fast-moving farces or quieter character moments.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The film was well received, but Mr. Morse struggled to translate his theatrical success to the screen, appearing in light comedies and bedroom farces that were largely ignored by viewers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
That was followed in 1962 by A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, an adaptation of farces by ancient Roman playwright Plautus, for which he wrote both music and lyrics.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2021
Her first husband had supported himself by writing burlesques, farces, and poems.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
You may make a Sauce to these farced Fowls with stew'd Mushrooms toss'd up with Cream; the same may be done with Turkeys, Pheasants, &c.
From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Richard Bradley
These may also be stew'd, farced, baked, or put in Soups, or used in Fricassees.
From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Richard Bradley
The Dublin Troper of the thirteenth century has a number of farced Kyries and Glorias, also a collection of Sequences.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
The word forced should be read farced, the letter o having evidently dropped down into a box.
From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
The enemy's ranks were not forced with Macbeth's followers, but farced or filled up.
From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
To many, the daring experiment of farcing what was obviously written as a farce, instead of playing it in the more usual " Oh Lord, here's a classic!" manner, seemed highly successful.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I have; and if I’m to die respected and honored, if my family is to have any regard for my memory, I’ve got to get out of farcing.
From The Dreamers A Club by John Kendrick Bangs
To rost Shoulder or Fillet of Veal with farcing herbs.
From The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex by Hannah Wolley
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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