idiot
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“I’ve changed a lot as a filmmaker, but I’m still the same idiot I’ve always been,” says Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"People understood very quickly that an idiot was driving and they fled."
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
“I’ll be an idiot if I stay with them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
"He is a danger. He drives like an absolute idiot," said Aimee Coombes, from Crickhowell, Powys.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
It makes me wonder if I’m being an idiot for hiding out in California when I have a job waiting for me back home.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
"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
This space has been littered with criticism of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James and other local legends who occasionally acted like idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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
Sortor later complained that he was detained, saying “these idiots called the police on me, saying I had a gun and was ‘running innocent protestors over.’”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
The stadium “was something the community took a lot of pride in and he went on television and said you’re a bunch of idiots for building it.”
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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