dumb
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But dumb isn’t the condemnation that remark deserved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Not the joke, which was dumb the way 15-year-olds are dumb.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sometimes friends have dumb fights but we always get over it with a little communication.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
As machines get smarter, kids are getting dumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
Made me feel dumber than a pig with half a brain.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Rahmani said in his opinion, Davis would "go down as one of the world's dumbest criminals", who likely would have never have faced charges if he had stayed silent.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Collectively, they stand as a blunt reminder that war, the dumbest and most vicious human invention, occurs in time and space.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Developer and 2022 mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, who has not endorsed in the mayoral race, called the ban “probably the dumbest idea I have ever heard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
In one of the dumbest moves of the war, he’d failed to prepare for a Japanese naval attack.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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