idiot
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"You made me feel like an idiot thinking I could trust you," his daughter said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
No one—no reporter, operative, commentator, analyst, or person on the street—wants to look like an idiot by overhyping it again.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
"This isn't me and worse, this cheap imitation is a soulless idiot."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“One idiot on one side does one thing, the other side does another,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I mean, what idiot lights fireworks in the woods?”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
"That's just stupidity. That's making us all look like idiots," he replies.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"We've both been conned, useful idiots, which is not a very nice way to put it, but we've been used," says Elma.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Oh my God, I wish we put that much thought into it but no, we’re idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
It has succeeded in making Epstein’s accusers and denouncers also look like corrupt idiots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The people must have been complete idiots to get caught in a city killer.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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