dumb
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"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
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Not the joke, which was dumb the way 15-year-olds are dumb.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Always remember that there’s no such thing as a dumb question except if it goes unasked.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
The Dodgers spend it smarter than anyone else and the Mets, arguably, dumber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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 therapist’s tricks might work on a dumber kid, but not me.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
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. 13, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
A spoof is only as successful as its dumbest joke, and these two films have plenty to choose from.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was pretty sure it was the dumbest idea in the world, but he crossed the alley and took the sweaty counselor with him.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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