farce
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One of those employees, played by Eiza González, will make a one-scene farce of delivering a dissertation on Karl Marx while vaping.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
China described the visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce".
From BBC • May 2, 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
Redactions, supposedly to protect victims, are so sweeping as to make a farce of the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
She turned back as he reached for his coins, intending to put an end to this mummer's farce.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing farce
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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