rude
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Even if the boom turned to bust, Nvidia is still expected to remain in rude health.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
However, SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes said the gains did not suggest markets were back in rude health.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Or maybe some people can get away with being rude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
“So you’re not only rude, you’re also a liar. Got it,” Clarkson wrote.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
He wasn’t even rude, at least not intentionally.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Is it any surprise, then, that America has gotten ruder?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Giving evidence to the inquiry on Tuesday, Mr Cummings accepted his language was "deplorable" but denied he had been misogynistic, adding: "I was much ruder about men."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
It’s hard to see what’s ruder than the way we’re trashing it with our vainglorious Seattle neglect.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
But his vision of it as a ruder, rawer, freer place is as uninteresting as it is inconsequential.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2022
‘Because,’ Sophie said, blushing a little, ‘if they go down instead of up, they’ll be coming out somewhere else with an even louder and ruder noise.’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
It’s that they’ve done it by transforming into the rudest, most hard-hitting, trash-talking team in professional basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
It was a rude speech, maybe the rudest by a national leader in Davos history.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
If there was hope, and belief, that this type of performance was maybe behind them, then this was the rudest of rude awakenings.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
Siwa and Bure were previously embroiled in drama, after the former "Dance Moms" star called Bure the "rudest celebrity I've met" in a July TikTok.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022
“Shall I let out the water?” he enquired in the rudest voice he had.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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