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
"Civil rights can be violated and that person can still be a knucklehead, you know what I'm saying?"
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2022
“If Twitter becomes the go-to platform for the knucklehead brigade, advertisers will run, not walk.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Devin Allen admits that he occasionally behaved like a knucklehead, growing up in Baltimore.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
I fixed that image of him in my mind—the smiling, glasses-wearing knucklehead who’d always had my back no matter what.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
He has five close childhood friends he affectionately calls knuckleheads, although a couple are doctors and one is an atomic physicist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
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
Somehow, though, watching our favorite pack of undead knuckleheads suddenly have power and responsibility thrust upon them for entirely illegitimate reasons feels different because the stakes are non-existent.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2021
“All right. I know you gotta get these knuckleheads back to the concrete jungle.”
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
