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travesty

[trav-uh-stee] / ˈtræv ə sti /




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Surely, he thinks, Stalin wouldn’t stand for such a travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

To let the moment pass without taking action would be a travesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

What are the latest updates on that travesty?

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025

This being the Dodgers first postseason meeting with Springer since that travesty, it would be a nice time to show him just how furious.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

Someone else remarks that it would be a travesty to dye over such a color, a shocking red much brighter than their mother’s auburn.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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