rude
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“Steve is in for a very rude awakening, and the fact that he can’t see it coming just shows how little he understands the job he’s asking for.“
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“When the loved one dies and the house goes into probate, then they get a rude awakening.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
“I’m Russell Blythe, by the way. My rude sister didn’t introduce us.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
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
They talk the way real people talk, but they’re freer, ruder, funnier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
John closed the door behind him and stood in the narrow church aisle, hearing behind him the voices of children playing, and ruder voices, the voices of their elders, cursing and crying in the streets.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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 was the rudest one ever. It basically tried to kill us with halitosis.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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