fool

The privileges of the English eccentric resemble those of the fool in the medieval court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Meyer wrote the script a decade ago about her friendship with producer Maggie McLean, but no doubt she knows better than anyone how much the smart and sensible-projecting Stewart delights in acting the fool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

If Blanche does end up playing Cassidy for a fool, at least we know the senator won’t spend too much time looking back.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

“You can’t fool the bond. You can’t do it,” he said, referring to the bond market, an important signal of how investors view the health of the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

‘A fool of a man stood me up,’ Hannie says.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

She’s also widely known for her many devoted friendships, though she doesn’t suffer fools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

Time and time again on “Parks and Recreation,” the intrepid and plucky Leslie cut through legislative red tape and won over her enemies, and the ones she couldn’t persuade always looked like cold-hearted fools.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026

Reading the toplofty Mr. Grantham, one can almost hear the voice of Shakespeare’s Puck—“What fools these mortals be.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Dirty, bruised, and bleeding, we two fools started laughing.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

A Fury lookalike briefly fooled reporters when he stepped out of a taxi, while Fury's manager Spencer Brown insisted the 'Gypsy King' would be "there in spirit".

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Don’t be fooled by its breezy ’60s-analog vintage pop sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Federal investigators discovered that Rush appears to have successfully fooled America’s pre-eminent spy agency for decades with a pack of easily discoverable lies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

It’s usually used to suggest traders may be fooled by a relatively small retracement of a big market dive.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

So he hadn’t fooled anyone pretending to be hungry.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate ● May 11, 2026

“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

So Théodore started an account on X, formerly known as Twitter, called "Insane AI Slop" and started calling out and poking fun at the content he came across that was fooling people.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

“With handing off, you can’t be fooling around and changing it on the fly. You have to practice it during the week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

The moss bandage on my arm is soaked and there’s no use fooling myself.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins