foolishness

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They focused instead on human experience as it unfolds, moment by uncertain moment, capturing everyday foibles, errors and foolishness in the face of quotidian ruthlessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Mr. Clooney has never had a better role, and he burrows deeply into it with a self-interrogating combination of narcissism, foolishness, bravado and charisma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Motherhood has made Slate gentler on herself, sloughing off feelings of foolishness, self-criticism and self-doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

She said they were "light-hearted" pictures, adding: "What he did was nothing more sinister than immature foolishness."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Feeling anything for Kaz Brekker was the worst kind of foolishness.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo