foolhardy
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Sir Keir added, in an interview with me, that "it would be foolhardy to simply say we would ignore" China.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Netflix is so dominant that it seems foolhardy not to bet on its continued success at this point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Thanksgiving jumped to a three-month high, but it’s foolhardy to judge the overall health of the labor market on holiday seasons.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
When Newby announced that he was running for a seat on North Carolina’s Supreme Court in the 2004 election, it seemed like a foolhardy choice.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
He later conceded that he knew all along Denman’s plans were foolhardy, but Tenzing, too, was powerless to resist the pull of Everest: Nothing made sense about it.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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