boor
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Is this not the conundrum of our time, and aren’t we fortunate to have this boor reminding us of this with each new episode?
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
Most memorable is the exit of Pozzo and Lucky that finds Pozzo slowly pushing Lucky in his wheelchair—illustrating the idea that there remains a bedrock of humanity even in this supercilious boor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
In an instant, his beach route comment did me a huge kindness and made me feel like an incurious boor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
But Americans have long abided being the boor of their peer nations; it’s practically a point of pride.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2023
The mayor was a corrupt boor, the food turned your guts runny, but he held a good thought for them.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The salt suggestion drew howls of outrage from tea-lovers in Britain, where popular stereotype sees Americans as coffee-swilling boors who make tea, if at all, in the microwave.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The incident made it into Beaton’s book, where the men, brought to life by the artist’s unmistakable pen, appear as grinning, cartoonish boors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
But even if you've had your fill of boors and superhero properties, "Peacemaker" still triumphs through its dedication to the twin powers of irreverence and compassion accessorized by a soundtrack made for rockin'.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022
Again and again, Diana and Barbara have to endure and deflect unwanted male attention; you may lose count of all the run-of-the-mill boors and slobbering predators they have to fend off, and you’re meant to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
The entire population of the county was purely agrarian, the villeins and boors altogether numbering about 2,800; or on an average of one labourer to each 167 acres of land registered in Domesday Book.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William
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