weakling
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Former Big Ten weakling Indiana defied all conventional wisdom to become the nation’s only undefeated team and claim its first-ever No. 1 ranking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Don’t get me wrong: J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s legendary founding director, would view Patel as a contemptible weakling.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
“I’ve never seen anyone go after a 50-pound weakling with the same ferocity he goes after a 500-pound rhinoceros.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
Grace gripped her pen and wondered when Max had become such a weakling, with a spine made out of cotton candy.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
"Such psychic weaklings has Western civilization made of us."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023
These are some of the self-deluded weaklings who set the tone of institutional life in much of America today.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 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
“I am tired of having cowards and weaklings as allies,” said Henry.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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