folly
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Harbert believes the notion that the clips alone — which may feature a funny bit or a snapshot of a conversation with a guest — would help lure viewers to traditional TV was folly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
With this growth comes confidence, and with confidence comes, well, folly.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Yet, “Pretty Lethal” is packed with run-don’t-walk folly that demands to be seen to be believed — if only to throw up your hands and say, “I guess!”
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Ms. Allen concedes their regionalism but argues that they were wiser for understanding that a “provincial backwater offers as full a panoply of human folly, nobility, tragedy, and absurdity as any great metropolis.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“And this journey we’re on? Is that folly or wisdom?”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing folly
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