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idiot

[id-ee-uht] / ˈɪd i ət /


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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

"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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