silly
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The 26-year-old describes it as "a somewhat silly promise" inspired by the sacrifices her non-English-speaking parents made to raise the family.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Every summer, lawns fill with colorful "silly sprinklers," whose looping and twisting tubes send water spraying in unusual patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
But this is the time of year known in F1 as "silly season", when speculation abounds about driver movements.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The reason this distinction matters is that bull markets usually end because of broad excess and tightening liquidity — not because a few flashy IPOs come public at silly valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Ms. Washington would read good books, too, not silly ones where kids just learned how to behave right.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
The worst outcome I could imagine was a case of the sillies, sleepies, or munchies.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Chilly weather brought out the sillies in our giant panda cub, who showed off his somersault style.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
Though once is enough for me, I promise not to find that any more offensive than those flag-decorated pubs full of World Cup sillies.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010
If you are the parent of a preschooler, suffice it to say that Raffi, in the throes of middle age, is shaking his sillies out.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Oh, you sillies, it’s just that the power is out. Your eyes still work fine.”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
The awards, which celebrate the sillier side of science, have held raucous ceremonies that see the winners showered with paper aeroplanes at universities in Massachusetts since 1991.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The scene in which Katya discovers who informed on her dissident father, who subsequently was arrested and never seen again, is a moving moment in an evening largely given over to sillier ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
When a motivation is finally revealed, it’s sillier than the Son of Sam claiming his doggie made him do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
"The best of the film is its sheer bloody-minded heft, a blockbuster fuelled by an insistence on bigger, sillier, movie-r," Danny Leigh wrote, giving the film three stars.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
He likes putting sound effects into comedies, the sillier the better, and he reacts to them like a delighted little boy.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
“Salmon,” I ask this morning, “can you tell me in your silliest voice what you want in your lunch?”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
With just one competition under her belt this season, she dislocated her shoulder and sustained a torn labrum in what she described as the "silliest fall" in training in Switzerland last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
"I took the silliest fall that ultimately resulted in me dislocating my shoulder," Kim said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
Is it good TV or one of the silliest time-killers you will watch in any given week?
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
Looking at Grandpa, Mama said, “Papa, this is the silliest thing I ever heard of, an old codger like you, going to town to read monkey books.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
