dumb
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But dumb isn’t the condemnation that remark deserved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Not the joke, which was dumb the way 15-year-olds are dumb.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I was sitting there listening to him. I had an epiphany. I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, he’s dumb!’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
As machines get smarter, kids are getting dumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Dodgers spend it smarter than anyone else and the Mets, arguably, dumber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But then again, Cory was even dumber than we were, trading for something there was no way he was going to get to keep.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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Rahmani said in his opinion, Davis would "go down as one of the world's dumbest criminals", who likely would have never have faced charges if he had stayed silent.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“This is the dumbest, most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve ever seen,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
A spoof is only as successful as its dumbest joke, and these two films have plenty to choose from.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
That sounded like the dumbest thing I’d ever heard but I didn’t say so.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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