travesty
Example Sentences
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The judges who presided over this travesty are still on the bench.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Anwar said it would be a "travesty of justice" and a betrayal of Emma Caldwell if Police Scotland were excluded from the investigation.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Let’s put the nicest interpretation on that earlier travesty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
What are the latest updates on that travesty?
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025
Helene’s face is white as bone, her mind, like mine, unable to take in the travesty occurring in front of our eyes.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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