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Is this not the conundrum of our time, and aren’t we fortunate to have this boor reminding us of this with each new episode?

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Most memorable is the exit of Pozzo and Lucky that finds Pozzo slowly pushing Lucky in his wheelchair—illustrating the idea that there remains a bedrock of humanity even in this supercilious boor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

In an instant, his beach route comment did me a huge kindness and made me feel like an incurious boor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

If “not spending time with every un-self-aware boor who wants to invite themselves along” makes a group of friends a nasty clique, then there are a lot of nasty cliques in the world.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2019

The mayor was a corrupt boor, the food turned your guts runny, but he held a good thought for them.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The salt suggestion drew howls of outrage from tea-lovers in Britain, where popular stereotype sees Americans as coffee-swilling boors who make tea, if at all, in the microwave.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Women like Feinstein and O’Connor bore the bruises of boors on their way to the top so that future generations wouldn’t suffer as much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

But even if you've had your fill of boors and superhero properties, "Peacemaker" still triumphs through its dedication to the twin powers of irreverence and compassion accessorized by a soundtrack made for rockin'.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022

True, historically, British boors have shared little kinship with their American cousins; ours has been a wilier boorishness, obscured by a miasma of supercilious, ironic detachment.

From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019

He did not wish to stir up trouble with two such ill-mannered young boors as the cattle-punchers were showing themselves to be.

From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson