dumb
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Some 17-year-olds are awkward, gangly teens who tend to do or say dumb things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
It’s the making of a perfect joke: totally superfluous and uniquely dumb.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
At one school in Hampshire, "brick" or "dumb" phones are the only devices allowed, which can only be used to call or text and have very limited internet access.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Markwayne Mullin has a brilliantly dumb idea he’s workshopping.
From Slate ● May 30, 2026
“Everybody at the bus stop says you’re dumb again,” she told him.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
"Rather than becoming dumber, we are becoming more specialised for the job," said Tania Esparza.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Artificial general intelligence is moments away, they say, and we’ll all soon be dumber than ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
The little kids didn’t pay me much mind but to laugh at me for being dumber than a sheep.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Collectively, they stand as a blunt reminder that war, the dumbest and most vicious human invention, occurs in time and space.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Developer and 2022 mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, who has not endorsed in the mayoral race, called the ban “probably the dumbest idea I have ever heard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
I ask, asking the dumbest question I can think of.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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