idiot
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Leclerc said "today I look like an idiot" but blamed his Ferrari's brakes for the crash.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
“I’ll be an idiot if I stay with them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
“Everything else is irrelevant,” he added, before suggesting I stop calling myself an idiot for not understanding the tech-heavy parts of this debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
On the related but perhaps irrelevant question of individual character, the evidence is clear: Wilhelm II was an unstable and vainglorious idiot who wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
I fall on Jonesy’s shoulder, fake-laughing like an idiot.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
"We've both been conned, useful idiots, which is not a very nice way to put it, but we've been used," says Elma.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Oh my God, I wish we put that much thought into it but no, we’re idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
It has succeeded in making Epstein’s accusers and denouncers also look like corrupt idiots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Sortor later complained that he was detained, saying “these idiots called the police on me, saying I had a gun and was ‘running innocent protestors over.’”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
I told him these guys were going to be idiots wherever they were.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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