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
Julianne Moore is his mother, a humorless scold whose coldness and impatience are seemingly understandable, as her son is such an insufferable boor.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
“Yes it is,” said I, “because I cannot bear that people should say, ‘she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd.’”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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
Cries for “civility” are often the last refuge of boors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
Had the progress of the haughty boors been stayed?
From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta
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