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Minutes later he takes a break, during which a poster for the James Bond film No Time To Die briefly, and incongruously, comes up on the screen.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

My mind incongruously goes to amniocentesis, the dread prenatal test I underwent two decades earlier during my first pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“I’m not even sure I’m a visual artist,” she said recently during a visit to her large Manhattan studio, incongruously located in a high-end Chelsea apartment building.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

But even in this incongruously pastoral setting, shortages cast a shadow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Among nine men he looked incongruously small, Ugwu thought, as they walked along.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie