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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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political
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Simon Regan, founding editor of political satire magazine Scallywag, has died at the age of 58.
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This hilariously funny collection of political satire is one of the best Private Eye annuals to date.
social
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The line between reportage and fiction, between social satire and sentimental snapshots, was blurring.
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Mayle, who now divides his time between Long Island and Provence, earns chuckles with his gentle social satire .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mordant wit/satire/humour
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He showed his willingness to trade his mordant wit for the required political cliches.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a political satire
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Gelbart is a writer of comedy and social satire .
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The film is a stinging satire on American politics.
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This is her first serious novel; up till now she has only written political satires.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ballard's satire , however extreme, is always convincing, because its governing ideas inhabit every detail.
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Euripides' satire on the paranoia of the idealist has always been the cult play of the Attic repertoire.
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It's not satire exactly, since Hayworth has too kindly an eye for the human condition.
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My services were much in demand, not only for sentimental verses, but for expressions of anger and rather cruel satire .
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One genre it mostly ignores is satire and humor.
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Political satire is a tricky thing; it's only as strong as its target.
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Stevenson sometimes stumbles too far into academic minutiae and her satire can be flat-footed, but her London is beguiling.
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This bawdy academic satire , with its potentially offensive laddish point of view, turns out to be a traditional romantic narrative.