oxymoron

“Foreseeable future” is an oxymoron right up there with “jumbo shrimp.”

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

You can, even if it sounds like an oxymoron, travel alone without being a solo traveler.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

Wintertime salads may be an oxymoron for some, but to me, they’re a necessity.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

But as David Nasaw’s “The Wounded Generation” makes emphatically clear, a good war is an oxymoron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

I even had an oxymoron ready for J.T.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

“People think ‘disabled’ and ‘hiker’ are oxymorons, like you can’t be disabled and go hiking, and that’s just not true at all,” Nagakyrie said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

He reconciled the contradictions of capitalism by embracing oxymorons.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

The story deals in oxymorons – bitter desire, weak power – and jolts to a conclusion that is harsh, cool, indelible.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019

What it creates are these sports oxymorons, all in the hope of gaining fame by virtue of having none.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2018

So there we were, all of us laughing because we’d knocked out four oxymorons smack in a row—and that’s when we first saw the red kayak.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings