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Millie Bobby Brown’s 22nd birthday sparks online debate; fan says, ' Irony is lost on celebrities dressing up'

The Times of India 24 Feb 2026
One post read, “Do I find it cringe that a super-rich celeb makes a Marie Antoinette birthday party in this economy? Yes.” Another stated, “Irony is lost on celebrities dressing up as French royalty.”Not all feedback was negative.
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Why don’t the canceled disappear? Great irony of digital lynching

Daily Sabah 23 Feb 2026
In Türkiye, the word “cancel” has slipped into colloquial speech in recent years. Like a new button in our phones, someone presses it and expects the person to delete from public v ....
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TikTok’s analogue bags: Stuffed with wool, watercolour kits and no shortage of irony

The Irish Times 22 Feb 2026
I’m joking, of course. Nobody is suggesting you pack weapons ... What a crock ... Still the horses ... The great irony of the current craze (if it has even reached that height) is that it remains an online phenomenon aimed at getting people offline ... .
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Andrew allowed one 'luxury' while in custody - but it's laced with irony

The Mirror 21 Feb 2026
The ex-Duke might not have been treated to champagne and cake on his 66th birthday but police officers at the Norfolk police station where he spent half of his birthday did give him one 'ironic' treat ... .
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Irony as armor: Yale’s Maurice Samuels explores literary survival in the ‘gray zone’ of tyranny

Stanford Daily 19 Feb 2026
Baudelaire lived in a state of “double consciousness,” Samuels said, soliciting funds from a regime he privately loathed while masking his true politics behind layers of irony ...Irony ...
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'Layers of irony' as Trump’s Board of Peace plots war

Alternet 19 Feb 2026
President Donald Trump met on Thursday with his so-called "Board of Peace," an unofficial gathering of countries willing to pay to have control over post-war Gaza ... "There are layers of irony here ... Trump U.S ... to the Middle East and the U.K ... .
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Otago Uni expert sees irony in four-year term backdown

Otago Daily Times 18 Feb 2026
Prof Andrew Geddis. Photo. Supplied. A law expert says it is ironic the coalition appears to have run out of time to�put a four-year Parliamentary term to a referendum ... .
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Ian McKellen points out major irony in Chloe Zhao’s 'Hamnet'

The News International 18 Feb 2026
Ian McKellen gives expert opinion on 'Hamnet' ... He pointed out another irony in the imagined narrative, saying, “The idea Anne Hathaway has never seen a play before? It's improbable, considering what her husband did for a living ... .
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The irony of Trump’s Greenland pursuit | Letter

Lewiston Sun Journal 16 Feb 2026
The massive ice sheets on Greenland are melting rapidly.
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Indian-origin CEO denied US visa for 'weak ties to India': 'Irony I run a company in India'

The Times of India 10 Feb 2026
He also asked for the teams at the New Delhi consulate to be trained better ... Reason - weak ties to India 🇮🇳Irony I run a company in India, employ people in India, pay taxes in India and have built everything here over the last 13 years ... B. R ... .
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Calamitous Cristian Romero and his painful irony that shows he is Tottenham’s problem

AOL 08 Feb 2026
A bit of advice. When highlighting how few footballers are in contention to play for Tottenham, try not to add to the list of absentees ... “We had only 11 players available – unbelievable but true and disgraceful,” he wrote ... .
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