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But he is also so paranoid, deluded and consumed with self-loathing that throughout this caustically witty novel we can’t help but root for him every step of the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“We reject the proposition,” the majority wrote caustically, “that a class-action defendant may defeat class treatment, if it is otherwise proper, by promising as a matter of grace to treat named plaintiffs differently.”

From Slate • May 16, 2025

Over the next three series, Atkinson played the scheming, cruel, caustically funny Blackadder opposite Sir Tony Robinson's naïve, uneducated Baldrick.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

They have been drenched in questions about race, both obviously and not so obviously, most caustically from Blackburn, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2022

They served no discernible purpose in society, Dr. Barlow Sloan insisted somewhat caustically in the Dinoguide, except to get in the way and occasionally be household pets.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older