nerd
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Burbank is betting big on housing, nerd culture and free parking to revive its downtown scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Professional paleontology nerd Riley Black gives us her delightfully detailed assessment.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Math & Money: There’s never been a better time to be a math nerd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Herbert, a self-confessed "golf nerd", knew how close he was to history and despondently stooped down with his hands on his knees after missing the putt.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He half expected somebody to come stumbling out of one of the closets, a nerd who had snuck in when nobody was looking.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
It’s built a long-standing resale market where nerds and weeaboos everywhere turned Charizards into cold, hard cash.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
With each successive release, Nolan helped train a generation of movie nerds in the virtues of large-format film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But Allison and I rehearsed it like a play, and we would just run lines like little theater nerds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
"It is exciting, it's not ten nerds in a room! It's a full arena, it's a pretty big thing," he said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
I could not bring you, but I have no problem telling you what I saw—the entire diaspora around me—hustlers, lawyers, Kappas, busters, doctors, barbers, Deltas, drunkards, geeks, and nerds.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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