childish
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“But no. There is something in his denial, in his insistence that it never happened, in his childish fury toward the newspaper that investigated his antisemitic past, that sounds like an admission.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
And also settling a very childish dispute between the airport and the contractors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The vibes are childish, more like those of 11-year-old boys pretending they’re in an action cartoon than adult men who read books and enjoy the company of women.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The former Conservative MP Bob Seeley posted on X that it was "an act of childish petulance".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Their suspicions about their neighbor and their teacher suddenly seemed overwrought and childish.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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