satirical
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Over the 250 years since America’s birth, there have been amber waves of great comic material, veritable fruited plains of satirical fodder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The answer to that might still be unknown, but like any Culture Clash project, it will likely be wickedly satirical and punchy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
Anger at the exam mishandling has been channelled by the newly-founded satirical "Cockroach People's Party", which has won millions of followers on social media since its launch in May.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Meanwhile the independent producing company Raw Material will launch a new hip hop musical about William Wallace this autumn, having started the year with Scots the Musical, a satirical rave through Scottish history in song.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
The plot of Aristophanes’ satirical play The Frogs of 405 bc, for instance, like the story of Orpheus and Euridice, concerns a life-or- death poetry and singing competition in the Underworld.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing satirical
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