idiot
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“I’ve changed a lot as a filmmaker, but I’m still the same idiot I’ve always been. That’s the bad news,” Iñárritu says laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
“He’s an idiot for saying this,” radio host Dean Obeidallah said on his Sirius/XM radio show.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
"I felt like such an idiot and it was humiliating."
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
The company also launched what it dubbed ‘the idiot sale,’ offering 100,000 one-way tickets for $20 a pop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
But now, thanks to this idiot tutor and a book of mediocre poetry, he knew exactly where to look.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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