foolhardy
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Valuing a company that hasn’t made money at $1.8 trillion seems aggressive at best, foolhardy at worst.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
So they’ve been trying to talk their leaders out of this foolhardy mission.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Thanksgiving jumped to a three-month high, but it’s foolhardy to judge the overall health of the labor market on holiday seasons.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
At the Mill Basin Deli on the southeast edge of Brooklyn, it was taken for granted that giving any quarter to Mamdani would be foolhardy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Everybody wanted to convince Don Quixote that it was foolhardy to face the lions.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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