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Noun
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Amid the absurdity, the women slowly chip away at each other’s defences – finding unexpected friendship, meaning, and a strange kind of freedom.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025 -
The set piece is exhilarating, not exhausting, and the heightened absurdity of it all is part of the fun.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
3 July 2025
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Each tent is a go-big-or-go-home 2,700-square-feet, with an outdoor pool and an ample dressing room, the irony being that there is rarely the occasion to dress up.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
16 July 2025
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The irony, though, is that Scott isn’t young anymore, either.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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Things to do: Number of sports teams, number of amusement places and arcades per capita, number of Traveler's Choice attractions per capita.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
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Before there was Netflix, Instagram, and all of our other modern day amusements, what was a working person to do in their off hours?—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
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“Ridiculousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculousness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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