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Strained pun headline alert
@thepressbox.bsky.social

Also, “refuseniks”

www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
British media sees red over Irish poppy refuseniks
Katie McCabe this year is receiving much of the treatment normally reserved for Derryman James McClean
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social football announcing cliché: defensive players never step, stumble, or start offsides. They can only “jump offsides,” even if they never in fact leave their feet moving into the neutral zone.
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social a very strained pun headline

A rock in a hard place: Frank McNally hunts an elusive ancient monument in Mayo

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
A rock in a hard place: Frank McNally hunts an elusive ancient monument in Mayo
Natural monolith covered with carvings suggests Croagh Patrick was an object of pilgrimage long before Christianity
www.irishtimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
How many “move the chains” submissions have you received so far?
thepressbox.bsky.social The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · Oct 19
Football cliches alert:

Tom Brady, after that CeeDee Lamb touchdown: "Easy pitch and catch"
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
Just in, more from the “Sliding Doors on Boats” department:

“with flying colo(u)rs”

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_fl...
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social title for the football audio segment, befitting two Gen X not-quite-hipsters who used to live on the LES:

Sonic Booth
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Sliding doors metaphor: where did “turn a blind eye” come from?
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning...
Turning a blind eye - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
The Unbearable Lightness of Being There
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 29
Everything Everywhere All at Once Upon a Time in the West
sophianyx.bsky.social Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Sep 29
Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film.
September 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
This is a good strained pun headline in the Saturday print edition of @irishtimes.com

@thepressbox.bsky.social
Article in the Irish Times with the headline, Kneecap man beats the rap as case falls on technicality
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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What do we think of the burgeoning (only in journalism) pull-quote headline? And is it really burgeoning, or is it actually inveterate?!
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘My wife is an exquisite goddess’: Nick Offerman on love, woodwork and storing gravy in his beard
The Parks and Recreation actor answers your questions on being married to Megan Mullally, visiting Manchester and preparing for the apocalypse
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social a headline rule of three designed to get David’s attention
latimes.com Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Sep 5
A wrestling match in Sun Valley turned into a brutal real-life beating after MMA fighter Raja Jackson attacked pro wrestler “Syko Stu.” LAPD is investigating the violent incident as felony battery. What really happened?
A pro wrestler, an MMA fighter and the staged fight that turned into a bloody battle
A violent match that left a professional wrestler unconscious during a staged event is now the focus of a Los Angeles Police Department criminal investigation.
www.latimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
Breaking a long media silence like he once famously broke that blood vessel

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Mo Lewis breaks his silence
August 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
grassrabbits.bsky.social
Strained pun headline alert
(only in the print edition)

@thepressbox.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
August 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Only in journalism: traduced (and many other, international relations entries)

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www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European powers in bid to seal Ukraine peace
US president reiterates optimism for trilateral meeting involving Putin, even without ceasefire
www.irishtimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Westport, Co. Mayo, is calling your name, @bryancurtis.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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@johncreedon.bsky.social

Hi John, greetings from Tim Creedon and family—Alicia, Elise, and Owen—on holiday here in Clonakilty from Washington, DC. Great to hear you coming in locally from just across Inchydoney Beach!
August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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“Magazines (mostly aircraft)”
Freebird Records, Dublin

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August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Seasonal strained pun headline
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...
Bite Club: The Fraternity That Awaits You After a Shark Attack
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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@thepressbox.bsky.social #pivottovideo
jeffjarvis.bsky.social Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Aug 2
From Electrical Review, 1889:
HOW ELECTRICITY WILL HELP OUT THE EDITOR OF THE FUTURE. In the Forum for February Jules Verne contributes a satirical description of a great American editor in the year 2889. The editor rules the world; he receives ministers of other governments and settles international quarrels: he is the patron of all the arts and sciences; he maintains all the great novel-ists; he has not only a telephone line to Paris but a telephote line as well, whereby he can at any time, from his study in New York, see a Parisian with whom he con-verses. Advertisements are flashed on the clouds: reporters describe events orally to millions of subscribers; and if a subscriber becomes weary, or is busy, he attaches his phono-graph to his telephone, and hears the news at his leisure. If a fire is raging in Chicago, subscribers in New York may not only listen to the description of an eyewitness, but by the telephote may see the fire.
August 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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An alliterative headline rule of three
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in the 80s – in pictures
As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his community and life in this vibrant part of south-east Lo...
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Absurd OIJ alert
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gelliottmorris.com G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jul 18
i know the news is moving fast and feelings are flying but can we just take a quick pause and think about the use of the word "bawdy"....
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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“‘Satanic panic’ … on steroids”

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Only in journalism: castigate.

Special category of OIJ where it’s doubtful the person reportedly doing the OIJ word knows its definition.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The overworked Twitter joke of the week @thepressbox.bsky.social
benrosen.bsky.social Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · Jul 9
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar

2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Elite coverage of @tedleo.bsky.social in this one
10/10
harvilla.bsky.social Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · Jun 25
e23 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE ‘90S: THE 2000S is on kelly clarkson’s “SINCE U BEEN GONE,” a song that only gets better the worse you, personally, sound while attempting to sing it open.spotify.com/episode/1IbK...
“Since U Been Gone”— Kelly Clarkson
60 Songs That Explain the '90s · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM