folly
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Mozeliak probably won’t be around to see the folly of this trade as he will leave this winter and his successor will have to pick up the pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
When the entire forest appeared to be storming his stronghold, Macbeth realized his folly too late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gold is the color of false idolatry, the material of gratuitous wealth, a hallmark of authoritarian style, and a metaphor for the folly of prioritizing personal enrichment and glory over everything else.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The folly of youth and the harsh realities of old age make uncomfortable bedfellows.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Aye, but will they sing of your courage or my folly?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
In an essay for this year's Proms programme, he admitted that some of the genre's "excesses and follies can seem silly" to a modern eye, while insisting the genre shouldn't be written off.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
People forget about past follies, either by choice and/or because they’re distracted by the next shiny thing.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
The follies of the living were more than enough to keep him occupied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Trueba learned of Nicolas’s follies much too late, which is to say, after everyone else was already talking about them.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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