weakling
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“Yale will be regarded either as a beacon and a fighter for academic freedom or as the weakling who succumbed and obeyed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
My mother was the weakling; my father was the smartest person in the room.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
The U.S. economy is not a 90-pound weakling when it comes to manufacturing muscle.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
So on paper, their mayor can beat our mayor in sheer authority, but neither are L.A.’s mayoral powers the 98-pound weakling they’re sometimes made out to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Aegon the Dragon had destroyed the Old Way when he burned Black Harren, gave Harren's kingdom back to the weakling rivermen, and reduced the Iron Islands to an insignificant backwater of a much greater realm.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
"You are weaklings who fight civilians," Mr Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, said in his late night address on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
Is this just a franchise that beats up on NFL weaklings — Houston, the New York Giants, Jacksonville — or one that can consistently beat playoff-caliber teams?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
He’s 0-3 against rival Iowa and a combined 3-4 against Big Ten West weaklings Purdue and Illinois.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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