ironic
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When £85m summer signing Mateus Fernandes had Spurs' first shot on target after 46 minutes, the stadium rattled to the sound of ironic applause.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
To ease the crisis, Russia began importing gasoline from as far away as India—an ironic move for one of the world’s biggest crude producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“It felt ironic that as a healthcare worker providing mental health services to the community surrounding USC, that USC was taking away my own mental health options,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Perhaps, in an ironic twist of fate, the truly original summertime creature feature went extinct before the onscreen dinosaurs could.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The ironic thing,” Lexie said one afternoon, “is that in ten years we’re going to see Izzy on Springer.”
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing ironic
The Giver
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The Catcher in the Rye
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