fool
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In Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” buffoonish actors play “the pedant, the braggart, the hedge priest, the fool, and the boy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The actor says that if he were to fail in the role he would "look like a fool" - but he didn't want to let the fear of what people might think stop him.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The documents describe an elaborate hoax in which the defendants allegedly created fake companies and fraudulent email accounts and driver’s licenses to help fool lenders into loaning them huge sums of money.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“I wouldn’t put anything past those monkeys. They’re the smartest things I’ve ever seen. They sure made a fool out of me.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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