oaf
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Going the opposite way, Justin Theroux, as the Jeff Bezos-like billionaire with the sensibility of an oaf, is awful from the start and his schtick gets more grating the more he presses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
The story that emerged was one of Bankman-Fried not as an oaf who made mistakes but as a mastermind who manipulated a whole scheme to defraud lots of people out of lots of money.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2024
But neither should you behave like an oaf.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
At first he doesn't accept her apology but, being the immature oaf that he is, Chris gets back at her by using her as human torpedo to destroy their gooey, disgusting alien target.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2022
I wanted to hug the big oaf except he was standing in the middle of killer sheep.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
What they were doing with these oafs, I do not know, but it was astonishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
She scrutinized the vicissitudes of the New York City Ballet as well as the feats of the ballroom-dancing pros and celebrity oafs of the popular TV series, “Dancing With the Stars.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
Pratchett’s lovable cast of oafs and freaks - hulking Carrot, grizzled Vimes, the usually furry Angua - makes this a slam dunk; let’s hope the BBC don’t fumble it.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2019
They’re confirmed oafs who, like their father, love saying the quiet part out loud, and who make themselves into fools jockeying for his attention.
From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2018
They got to the stables, mounted the horses, and were away before the two oafs had untangled themselves.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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