ironically
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Anna, ironically, works for a nonprofit that seeks to exonerate the wrongly convicted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Mollen, ironically, knows the pattern: In her Substack essay, she recalls that her mother-in-law “fell apart” when she and Biggs announced their engagement.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
In the first quarter, Volkswagen ironically re-emerged as the market leader in China, thanks to its still-huge business selling gas-engine cars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Anna Zakharenkova, short-shaved hair and sunglasses on her head, held up a sign ironically asking if her slogan was in line with the so-called good morals.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
I thought to myself, a bit ironically, “Why don’t you take more interest in your own adolescents first!”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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