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fool

[fool] / ful /




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Like a fool who would never see the truth, I kept thinking something would change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

I wasn’t a fool, but I did try to build a life for myself by buying a house.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Another risk is the rise of deepfakes – AI-made pictures and videos of people that look real – which can be used to fool the public.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

And I’m no fool; having seen all of Anderson’s “Resident Evil” films, I know they are not created equal.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Were you trying to fool me?” said the whale.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The boys are not masterminds; the victims are not fools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

She’s also widely known for her many devoted friendships, though she doesn’t suffer fools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

He told them that they were fools, reminded them of things they thought were safely forgotten.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

A difficult job market appeared to show improvement near the end of summer with a surprisingly big increase in employment, but don’t be fooled: Hiring in the U.S. is still unusually tepid.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

What to know: Don’t be fooled by the title of this drama, co-produced by Britain’s Sky Television—you’re not going to get guns and bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Don't be fooled by the number nine he wore on his back for Switzerland at the World Cup - he generally plays a lot deeper than that.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Because being fooled once is a shame; being fooled twice — that’s moronic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Dear reader, I told you not to he fooled by high expectations.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

“A lot of disrupters don’t even have targets, they’re just fooling around,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He was a receiver and a youth football coach saw him fooling around kicking at a flag football game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate ● May 11, 2026

Those expecting the silly 795% 2025 returns of the year’s best performer, the leveraged $2.1 billion MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged, to repeat are almost surely fooling themselves.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

He knew he might be fooling himself into thinking that he could stay.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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