looking glass

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An image like that might have hit its target a few years ago, but we’re well through the looking glass now.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2025

But much as I admired the playwright’s ingenious examination of identity politics through the looking glass of farce, I never quite succumbed to the comedy’s demented logic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

To understand what’s up with her mom, she’ll have to go through the looking glass.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

So on Monday, this Democrat decided to step through the looking glass and attend my first Republican caucus.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024

Years ago, she had told her girl self to wait for her in the looking glass.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston