dumb
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"In Srinagar, I was a dumb boy from Ladakh who could not speak Hindi or English," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s the making of a perfect joke: totally superfluous and uniquely dumb.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
I am constantly thinking, like, what a dumb country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Whatever thematic capital “Disclosure Day” builds, it largely wastes on this gimmick and dumb action scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
He just told his dumb jokes and dutifully showed him how to do pre-algebra.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Artificial general intelligence is moments away, they say, and we’ll all soon be dumber than ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
Being mad about it today is like still being mad about the Dodgers losing the '77 World Series, except this is somehow even dumber.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
I think she had figured it would be easy to work with people who were dumber than she was.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
Collectively, they stand as a blunt reminder that war, the dumbest and most vicious human invention, occurs in time and space.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
After all, even regarding the dumbest birds in his database, he says, “all these species are still here, leading perfectly successful lives,” and have been for millions of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“He’s maybe the dumbest person I’ve ever met.”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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