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callow

[kal-oh] / ˈkæl oʊ /


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How do we transform ourselves from callow pseudo-selves to rooted solid selves?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Built by "Hitman" developers IO Interactive, "First Light" offers a new version of Bond's origin story, dropping players into the shoes of a cocky but callow young version of the spy still earning his stripes.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Even the callow replacements Lutui and Venner, with five caps between them, showed they are serious players with try-scoring cameos.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

As with the proverbial frog in that pot of water, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s chilling action-thriller “Cloud,” about a callow internet hustler’s reckoning, has nothing good to offer about where online anonymity and e-capitalism have gotten us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imag-ine him as Lord of Winterfell.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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