rude
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"He was very rude, he disrespected me and mistreated me on the phone," Michelle Bolsonaro, 44, told her 8.2 million Instagram followers about her stepson Flavio Bolsonaro, 45.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
She said witnesses described his behavior as “belligerent, rude and disrespectful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
His feed is packed with public health information, but also with bitter feuds - including with celebrities - conducted in a style many describe as rude.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Customer-service representatives deal with rude people all day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Just for a little while. Teresita and her family are good neighbors, and they always invite us. Isn’t it rude not to go?”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Two in 10 said today’s behavior is a lot ruder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
Slot's team could not be in ruder health, with the head coach calmly steering them.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Nothing is ruder than a guest who is constantly checking emails or making private phone calls.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
They talk the way real people talk, but they’re freer, ruder, funnier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
‘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
“That’s the rudest thing you’ve ever said,” Lidia says with a smile, like I’ve had promise to be mean all along.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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