rude
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His name is destined to become a rude punchline or be completely forgotten.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Chef’s chosen method for waking Tony in the morning is rude, funny and effective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
This made him angry and he called her rude and lazy, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
"The kids are really amazing too. They're really respectful, they're not rude at all and they're very, very polite. Credit to the parents."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“The boy was trying to wake you up,” the old man said before Jack could say something rude in response.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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The actual phrasing he used was far ruder than that – but you get the drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Sherril Graham said she thought the national norms were making people ruder and more radicalized.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
Two in 10 said today’s behavior is a lot ruder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Nothing is ruder than a guest who is constantly checking emails or making private phone calls.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
From the loft, she could hear him downstairs, ruder and louder than ever.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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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
The rudest, most disrespectful tweets garner eight times as many likes and ten times as many retweets as civil ones.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2022
That was altogether too much from a lad younger than herself, and Meg walked away, saying petulantly, “You are the rudest boy I ever saw.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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