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The fact that the president’s approval rating has been on the decline as he’s increasingly become a petulant sandbox bully isn’t actually incongruous.

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“It was OK, but it was incongruous, getting us nowhere, and in the end we had no money, no nothing.”

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The backlash was immediate from a subset of the brand’s fans, who saw the plant-based sausage as incongruous with the old-country-store experience.

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“It just seemed so incongruous to zip tie someone in their closet,” she said, “and then bring them a bottle of Perrier.”

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It is an incongruous scene, which belies the political significance of the location.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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