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Playing jokes and pranks, it needs to be amusing and not belittling, obviously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

And the teenage provocateur made no secret of that revulsion, loudly belittling his fellow students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

They say Judge Philip Lancaster was belittling and intimidating and made them feel stupid while they presented their cases.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

It probably seemed like I was belittling a moment they'd been waiting years to experience.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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