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kooky

[koo-kee] / ˈku ki /


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A kooky hailstorm in late May, a heat wave in June, followed by ruthlessly ripping winds, delayed the opening by days.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

It’s also the latest echo of the kooky craze of adding “.com” to company names back then, which has been repeating with companies racing to add “AI” to their names or tickers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

And Sam's kooky persona is either going to win people's hearts or crash out spectacularly.

From BBC May 15, 2026

At the time it was just another one of his kooky ideas that went nowhere, largely because the people around him were able to give him another shiny object to chase.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

A funny thing happens, where Sheryl begins walking around the flatbed, and soon we’re all following her like some kooky dance circle.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Fittingly, the majority of my favorites came from Cannes’ kookier programming sections, Directors’ Fortnight and Un Certain Regard — and I suspect many of yours did, too, oui?

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

Second, Ms. Behn’s affordability message seems to be trumping the effect of her kookier statements because she is filling a vacuum left by the White House, which remains quiet on an agenda to lower costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

That irks the panelists, too, evidenced in a shot of Wilson rolling his eyes at one of Coulter’s kookier mendacities.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2025

Once she retired—she died in 2017—the troupe couldn’t perform pieces on that scale, but it could always come up with a few people to do the kookier early work.

From The New Yorker Jun. 24, 2019

The kookier, PG-rated Keith is the one we tend to see on SNY’s @GaryKeithRon Instagram feed.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2018

Cathedral , “Quarterback dads are the kookiest, craziest type of dads in any sport. But Craig is just not that guy.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2022

But the kookiest details are connected to true stories.

From Salon May 28, 2020

Esquivel Jingle Bells The kookiest, weirdest version I’ve ever heard, for a space-age bachelor pad, as they say in the lyrics.

From The Guardian Dec. 23, 2018

His character’s self-sacrificial willingness to grit his teeth through the kookiest high jinks that suburbia has to offer makes his stodgy values at least those of a consistently decent guy.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2018

As with Ms. Kawakubo, Junya Watanabe’s women retain a sense of strength even in the kookiest outfits.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2012




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