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The bank waited too long to address its problems and, ironically, the overdue actions it finally took to strengthen its balance sheet sparked the uninsured depositor run that led to the bank’s failure. – Michael Barr	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ironically, a lot of the forces that are negatively impacting us right now were already running through the ’90s, but at the time there was an idea that technology could survive all of our issues, that it could advance climate change measures and help solve political issues. – Evan Collins	Found on CNN 1 year ago
…the mainstream have been so busy denouncing ‘fake news’ that we failed to notice we’re developing a wee disinformation problem of our own — much of which has stemmed, ironically, from our efforts to fight disinformation on the right. – Megan McArdle	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There’s been a lot of growth from Tennessee Titans ' quarterback and Arthur Smith. Ironically, they’re completely different players, but Ryan Tannehill that season was in this situation when we got Ryan Tannehill that season, so Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota is a high-end talent just like Ryan Tannehill that season was. Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota was a first-round pick. Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota’s in a different spot in Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota career, and I trust Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, and Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota’s going to come in here and Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota’s going to give us everything Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota’s got. – Arthur Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Mississippi is my favorite state, but ironically, it was the most challenging state overall to get through. – Bob Barnes	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Here’s a little secret: ironically, people with dominant Seductor Imposters might seem to crave intimacy—they certainly draw people into their orbit with the promise of it—but what actually animates them behind the scenes is fear of it. – Lisa Haisha	added by lisa.haisha 2 years ago
Ironically, Derek went through extensive medical screenings before [he was] allowed to join. The SEAL community goes through more extensive medical tests than just your regular sailor, this was all completely falsified. – James Lovelace	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Ironically, the Emoluments Clause that they used to talk about what Donald Trump has as its purpose to prevent this sort of thing where somebody who becomes president or other people in the family are basically paid off or invested in … by a foreign government. [ The Founders ] had great fear about this sort of thing, $ 31 million pours into the Joe Biden family and Joe Biden doesn't know anything about it. He is the the head of the Joe Biden clan. – Mark Levin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Not an inkling, but I hoped. Ironically, my wrap-up press conference at the end of the session last Thursday I said the single greatest favor Joe Manchin could give the country is to kill this bill. That’s what the country needs, to see this bill killed. It is absolutely inappropriate and unnecessary at a time when we’re fighting inflation, it was an exciting thing to hear. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Ironically, every Democrat in the White House and Senate voted against the Trump tax cuts -- this is a chance to address it. So if you were against White House, this is a chance to repeal White House. – Richard Neal	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Everyone feels like they know her. That’s what’s beautiful about her, that she’s accessible, you feel like you’re friends with her, like she was your mother. But ironically she was the most unknowable person… In the imagining of these three days we wanted that to really come to a head. – Kristen Stewart	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating, my fellow officers and I were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us, law enforcement, officers dedicated to ironically protecting them as Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell citizens, as an impediment to their attempted insurrection. – Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Typically shocks to hash rate do not cause price drops. A hash rate reduction slows transactions, which ironically makes it harder to move coins to exchanges for sale. The recent price drop is well within the bounds of typical volatility, it is noise not signal. – Edan Yago	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Despite the government promising to provide the people of South Africa with affordable electricity, many of them can not afford Eskom's coal-powered electricity -- the costs of which continue to escalate, ironically the same communities who live next door to these coal plants, and have to suffer their impacts daily, do not have reliable, affordable electricity in their homes. – Michelle Koyama	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way. – Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Ironically, if we're really successful using public health measures to stamp out the hot spots of viral infection, it will be harder to test the vaccine. – Francis Collins	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Especially in the era of the pandemic, we're seeing just how important leadership is at every level, certainly in Congress, but also in the state and local offices, and yet, ironically there's also less attention available to these races than ever just because of everything that's going on. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Ironically, the very first time the Prizes were presented was June 1917 — less than a year before the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic, during this season of unprecedented uncertainty, one thing we know for sure is that journalism never stops. – Dana Canedy	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Ironically and unfortunately we have such a dramatic outbreak, devastating everyone and everywhere, which becomes this massive catalyst. – David Yeung	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I would say its probably more, if you look at older manatees, they all bear the scars from being hit by boats. Ironically, we also base research on thatand we identify individuals by the scar patterns. I would say all manatees get hit by boats within their first few years of life. – De Wit	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Trump administration's problem is ironically the same as the Obama administration in that they are trying to do big things and cement them in place but they are in danger of running out of time. – David Doniger	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I deeply regret this crime, ironically it has harmed my attempts to improve relationships between the two countries. – Maria Butina	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Well, as you know, we have a lot of fans, the President among them, and there are probably a lot of fans that do think we have too many fouls, ironically, that's not what the issue is that we just heard in New Orleans. – Roger Goodell	Found on CNN 5 years ago
While working at Donald Trump's estate in Bedminster and interacting with the President and his immediate family, my clients and others were repeatedly subjected to abuse, called racial epithets and threatened with deportation, ironically, the threats often came from the same supervisor who had employed them despite knowing their undocumented status and even provided them with forged documents. – Anibal Romero	Found on CNN 5 years ago

The bank waited too long to address its problems and, ironically, the overdue actions it finally took to strengthen its balance sheet sparked the uninsured depositor run that led to the bank’s failure.

– Michael Barr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ironically, a lot of the forces that are negatively impacting us right now were already running through the ’90s, but at the time there was an idea that technology could survive all of our issues, that it could advance climate change measures and help solve political issues.

– Evan Collins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

…the mainstream have been so busy denouncing ‘fake news’ that we failed to notice we’re developing a wee disinformation problem of our own — much of which has stemmed, ironically, from our efforts to fight disinformation on the right.

– Megan McArdle

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

– Arthur Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mississippi is my favorite state, but ironically, it was the most challenging state overall to get through.

– Bob Barnes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Here’s a little secret: ironically, people with dominant Seductor Imposters might seem to crave intimacy—they certainly draw people into their orbit with the promise of it—but what actually animates them behind the scenes is fear of it.

– Lisa Haisha

added by lisa.haisha
2 years ago

Ironically, Derek went through extensive medical screenings before [he was] allowed to join. The SEAL community goes through more extensive medical tests than just your regular sailor, this was all completely falsified.

– James Lovelace

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Ironically, the Emoluments Clause that they used to talk about what Donald Trump has as its purpose to prevent this sort of thing where somebody who becomes president or other people in the family are basically paid off or invested in … by a foreign government. [ The Founders ] had great fear about this sort of thing, $ 31 million pours into the Joe Biden family and Joe Biden doesn't know anything about it. He is the the head of the Joe Biden clan.

– Mark Levin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Not an inkling, but I hoped. Ironically, my wrap-up press conference at the end of the session last Thursday I said the single greatest favor Joe Manchin could give the country is to kill this bill. That’s what the country needs, to see this bill killed. It is absolutely inappropriate and unnecessary at a time when we’re fighting inflation, it was an exciting thing to hear.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Ironically, every Democrat in the White House and Senate voted against the Trump tax cuts -- this is a chance to address it. So if you were against White House, this is a chance to repeal White House.

– Richard Neal

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Everyone feels like they know her. That’s what’s beautiful about her, that she’s accessible, you feel like you’re friends with her, like she was your mother. But ironically she was the most unknowable person… In the imagining of these three days we wanted that to really come to a head.

– Kristen Stewart

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating, my fellow officers and I were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us, law enforcement, officers dedicated to ironically protecting them as Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell citizens, as an impediment to their attempted insurrection.

– Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Typically shocks to hash rate do not cause price drops. A hash rate reduction slows transactions, which ironically makes it harder to move coins to exchanges for sale. The recent price drop is well within the bounds of typical volatility, it is noise not signal.

– Edan Yago

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Despite the government promising to provide the people of South Africa with affordable electricity, many of them can not afford Eskom's coal-powered electricity -- the costs of which continue to escalate, ironically the same communities who live next door to these coal plants, and have to suffer their impacts daily, do not have reliable, affordable electricity in their homes.

– Michelle Koyama

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way.

– Don Felder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Ironically, if we're really successful using public health measures to stamp out the hot spots of viral infection, it will be harder to test the vaccine.

– Francis Collins

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Especially in the era of the pandemic, we're seeing just how important leadership is at every level, certainly in Congress, but also in the state and local offices, and yet, ironically there's also less attention available to these races than ever just because of everything that's going on.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Ironically, the very first time the Prizes were presented was June 1917 — less than a year before the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic, during this season of unprecedented uncertainty, one thing we know for sure is that journalism never stops.

– Dana Canedy

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Ironically and unfortunately we have such a dramatic outbreak, devastating everyone and everywhere, which becomes this massive catalyst.

– David Yeung

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I would say its probably more, if you look at older manatees, they all bear the scars from being hit by boats. Ironically, we also base research on thatand we identify individuals by the scar patterns. I would say all manatees get hit by boats within their first few years of life.

– De Wit

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Trump administration's problem is ironically the same as the Obama administration in that they are trying to do big things and cement them in place but they are in danger of running out of time.

– David Doniger

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I deeply regret this crime, ironically it has harmed my attempts to improve relationships between the two countries.

– Maria Butina

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Well, as you know, we have a lot of fans, the President among them, and there are probably a lot of fans that do think we have too many fouls, ironically, that's not what the issue is that we just heard in New Orleans.

– Roger Goodell

Found on CNN
5 years ago

While working at Donald Trump's estate in Bedminster and interacting with the President and his immediate family, my clients and others were repeatedly subjected to abuse, called racial epithets and threatened with deportation, ironically, the threats often came from the same supervisor who had employed them despite knowing their undocumented status and even provided them with forged documents.

– Anibal Romero

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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