farce
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The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Phil, London: VAR is beyond a farce now.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
"The farce of the cold war and the absurd war machine it spawned," he said, "was an ever-growing pathetic joke to me."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing farce
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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