fools
Example Sentences
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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
Supposed experts have been made to look like fools.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
“Tony doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and he won’t play along with the kind of thing where you hang out with the right industry people,” says Hues.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
“They’re scared to death about doing nothing because they’ll look like fools if they do nothing.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
