foolhardy
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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
Or foolhardy when this is a moment when she ought to be mustering as much authority as she can?
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
He later conceded that he knew all along Denman’s plans were foolhardy, but Tenzing, too, was powerless to resist the pull of Everest: Nothing made sense about it.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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