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That’s when Riley dialed up a hare-brained trick play that he’d surely regret later.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

"I'll have to see what it becomes because these hare-brained schemes of mine tend to evolve," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2022

But while civilian-run regimes might be less apt to launch destructive, hare-brained conflicts in the short term, in the long-term they can still be ticking time bombs.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2022

It certainly seems like a hare-brained scheme, but it's not against the law to propose a terrible idea to someone.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021

It was not in them, the hare-brained, mauling crew, and naturally enough they spoiled the web.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)




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