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glib

[glib] / glɪb /


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"It's very easy to put out glib soundbites - end leasehold - we've got a serious policy programme here," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

So for his children not to show up in any way, and to be glib about his experience, is, well, a choice.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He was 27, an aspiring cop with a Hollywood apartment and a glib patter that reminded people of a used-car salesman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

I am only a shadow now, far back behind the glib shiny surface of this photograph.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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