ironically
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She rose to wider notice after her 2025 Miami Open breakthrough - which ironically began with another victory over Swiatek.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
Charlie has transcended a workhouse childhood to become a person of some culture—his favorite novelist is, ironically enough, that bard of extreme poverty, Charles Dickens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The temptation is to read these two things ironically — sad comfort toy in one hand, authoritarian RoboCop in the other — and leave it at that.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
That apprehension is understandable, but ironically, the film treats adults with kid gloves.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
Mrs. Ball, ironically, is a former employee of Finkle Foods.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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