dude

“And there’s not another way to fully really describe it. But you can just tell, ‘All right, this dude is ready to go.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

McDonald looked over at Davis at one point, saying, "talk to your lawyer man, this dude is tripping".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Ranch dressing was pioneered in Alaska, popularized on a dude ranch in California and perfected by food scientists before it spread all over the nation and on every food imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

And I’m like, dude, that’s not how language works.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

How does a ten-foot-tall silver dude with a very loud kitten disappear?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The cast reunited one last time for a homage to the opening of the first “Jackass” movie in which the dudes barreled down a hill in an oversize, runaway shopping cart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Trump and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been known acquaintances for years—or whatever it’s called when two rich and famous dudes in entertainment are often invited to the same charity events, galas, and afterparties.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Referring to the synthetic soldier, Justine Moore, an AI-focused partner at Silicon Valley investor Andreessen Horowitz, wrote on X: "I'm genuinely floored by how many dudes are following influencers that are clearly AI."

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

A low-loader, some traffic cones and "the sort of dudes who can set up a Metallica concert in 24 hours" - this was all Banksy needed to install his latest artwork in central London.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

I mean the preacher, the mother, and the twelve or thirteen hard-looking dudes in the back.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds