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That’s when Riley dialed up a hare-brained trick play that he’d surely regret later.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

But while civilian-run regimes might be less apt to launch destructive, hare-brained conflicts in the short term, in the long-term they can still be ticking time bombs.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2022

These examples obviously don’t imply that no general ever gave solid advice or that civilians weren’t perfectly capable of concocting their own hare-brained war-making schemes. 

From Salon • May 19, 2017

When the hare-brained idea of entering an adults gymnastics competition recently entered my mind - I thought it would be a story focused on experiencing the joys of glory long after I believed possible.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2014

I asked them what they'd been thinking of to let themselves be persuaded by a hare-brained enthusiast like that.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver




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