bookish
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Plenty of members of bookish communities attribute it to plain old greed, but there’s also something more: influencer brain, a pernicious strain of main-character complex.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
This would become the definitive form of the 18th-century American plantation house; George Washington’s Mount Vernon is the most famous example, and the original Monticello was a similarly bookish performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned him the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The local racetrackers grew fond of the odd, bookish boy, nicknaming him Red, and a few let him ride their horses.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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