bookish
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Plenty of members of bookish communities attribute it to plain old greed, but there’s also something more: influencer brain, a pernicious strain of main-character complex.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2026
His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned him the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The rapidly growing rail system is a symbol of India’s modernization, and Charu’s bookish father, a workshop manager, believes in the progress it presages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Of course, I first devoured the novels at an age when I was too young to understand the Heathcliff-Catherine ourobouros dynamic; lonely, bookish orphan Jane was more my speed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
But he did manage to hire a tutor for Laertes, a bookish, black-capped man.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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