obtuse
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Nothing is promised, and Mazzulla remains comically obtuse about Tatum’s status, but NBC continued to tease the possibility Sunday with a behind-the-scenes documentary about his post-surgery recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
If you can square those actions with Hernández’s pardon and not throw your back out in the process you’re either more pliable than most or willfully obtuse.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025
Though Godard later came to be synonymous with turgid, obtuse cinema, “Nouvelle Vague” is the opposite: a sprightly, effervescent ode to moviemaking as semi-controlled mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
"I think it would be a bit obtuse of me to speak about signings when clearly we have to improve and do better with what we have," he admitted.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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