idiot
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No one—no reporter, operative, commentator, analyst, or person on the street—wants to look like an idiot by overhyping it again.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
"This isn't me and worse, this cheap imitation is a soulless idiot."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
"I hope that my legacy in wrestling was I was a bit of an idiot but I had a heart of gold," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“One idiot on one side does one thing, the other side does another,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mr. Jaggers had looked on at this, as one who recognised in Joe the village idiot, and in me his keeper.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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"I can't believe he's working in schools but to be honest he probably just wanted to get away from us idiots," he laughs.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
"We've both been conned, useful idiots, which is not a very nice way to put it, but we've been used," says Elma.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Oh my God, I wish we put that much thought into it but no, we’re idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
When useful idiots play along, the hypocrisy is double: Perpetrators pretend to be humane, and apologists pretend to believe them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
But my job is to protect you girls from those kinds of idiots.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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