knucklehead
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"I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
“I understand international, dangerous people, and with all due respect to Mr. Rundo, he was a knucklehead who was misguided,” Carney said on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
“If Twitter becomes the go-to platform for the knucklehead brigade, advertisers will run, not walk.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Y'know, my uncle just be looking out for Skunk's knucklehead self.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
He has five close childhood friends he affectionately calls knuckleheads, although a couple are doctors and one is an atomic physicist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
I inched along Whittier Boulevard toward the new, much ballyhooed 6th Street Viaduct, which, stunning as its arches are, looks like a public health hazard, its gentle curves practically inviting daredevil knuckleheads to climb it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
“It’s just the knuckleheads that can’t get on track. And they’re causing harm to everyone and making us look bad.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
When some within government are describing others within government to me as "knuckleheads", you can be confident there's lively debate internally about how to manage this.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
“The courageous Lion can’t let you knuckleheads go out there alone.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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