knucklehead
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He has previously branded Powell a "knucklehead" and claimed he was "doing a lousy job" after his repeated calls for interest rate cuts were ignored.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
It looks as though we are going to suffer more knucklehead managerial decisions again this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
“If Twitter becomes the go-to platform for the knucklehead brigade, advertisers will run, not walk.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
I was a young knucklehead with a skinny brain.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
The knuckleheads causing civic havoc should be sentenced to root for the Brooklyn Nets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
They espouse pithy jokes and playful warnings, like, “To all you knuckleheads, do not talk to me while I’m cooking,” and, “Your portion depends on your attitude, I mean it!”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
I inched along Whittier Boulevard toward the new, much ballyhooed 6th Street Viaduct, which, stunning as its arches are, looks like a public health hazard, its gentle curves practically inviting daredevil knuckleheads to climb it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
When some within government are describing others within government to me as "knuckleheads", you can be confident there's lively debate internally about how to manage this.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
“Of course not, calabazas. You’re such knuckleheads sometimes,” I said, looking around and talking to all of them at once.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
