callow
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How do we transform ourselves from callow pseudo-selves to rooted solid selves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Built by "Hitman" developers IO Interactive, "First Light" offers a new version of Bond's origin story, dropping players into the shoes of a cocky but callow young version of the spy still earning his stripes.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Having won there for the first time as a callow 20 year old in 2010, McIlroy is a combined 102 under par on this properly robust major championship test.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan is equal parts callow and brilliant, a truth-teller who hides behind his own emotional walls, a small man inside of a giant talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
"And I'm sick of being thought a callow boy wherever I go, because I'm forced to shave my beard."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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