dumb
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“But I was in the studio, and I was just like, ‘This is so dumb — this is not true.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The emotions are big, dumb and messy, but no one told that to the harmonies.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
She didn’t fight the dumb clichés that early on gathered around her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Which was a dumb thing to say because, in my experience, babies were lousy sleepers.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
An interesting research question for future generations of economics doctoral students would be whether publishing quarterly forecasts actually makes the Fed dumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
More than anything else, it offers further evidence that Musk is a lot dumber than he ought to be, given his immense worldly success.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
It was bad enough having to come to this broken-down old school but to be behind—to seem dumber than the rest of the kids—to have to appear a fool in front of.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
“That’s the dumbest thing ever — it’s just trolling,” Gibney says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rahmani said in his opinion, Davis would "go down as one of the world's dumbest criminals", who likely would have never have faced charges if he had stayed silent.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Changing views: It’s worth noting that a decade ago he called burning fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in history,” warning they would eventually run out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
This is the dumbest technicality I’ve ever heard.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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