dude
Example Sentences
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“I was like, dude, gotta be on the grind.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s name was wrong, and the meme used a picture of some random dude to stand in for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
The company gets good mileage out of Boone’s trademark backflip here, but yeah—goodbye forever, dude!
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
He’s the dude giving Matthew Stafford a race for league MVP.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
It was all gonna blow over fine in a minute, until the light dude ran up on us.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing dude
Least Presidential Vocabulary Used by Presidential Candidates during the GOP Debate (Sept. 16, 2015)
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