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“I got the audition last year, about April,” Callan recalled, “just to recur. And I said, ‘This is silly, they’re not going to cast a Los Angeles actor to go recur in Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The reason this distinction matters is that bull markets usually end because of broad excess and tightening liquidity — not because a few flashy IPOs come public at silly valuations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

“If you think about it, it’s completely silly to do it. But part of any military organization is taking a bunch of individuals and making them a team.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

"I think no-one is going to pause. It's a very silly posture. It's not realistic," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

“It’s obvious that Gladys Herdman got that poor little boy to knock himself silly and cause a big commotion, and then she went to the cafeteria and walked off with every last cookie!”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

The worst outcome I could imagine was a case of the sillies, sleepies, or munchies.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

Chilly weather brought out the sillies in our giant panda cub, who showed off his somersault style.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023

Though once is enough for me, I promise not to find that any more offensive than those flag-decorated pubs full of World Cup sillies.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010

Those sillies thought M and Teddy were smugglers, and filled with jewels.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh, you sillies, it’s just that the power is out. Your eyes still work fine.”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

She says they bring out each other's sillier side and they spend most of their time on set "belly laughing about the most random things".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The Doctor will be sillier or more serious, calmer or crazier, more physical or more cerebral, and never again necessarily a white dude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The awards, which celebrate the sillier side of science, have held raucous ceremonies that see the winners showered with paper aeroplanes at universities in Massachusetts since 1991.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

The scene in which Katya discovers who informed on her dissident father, who subsequently was arrested and never seen again, is a moving moment in an evening largely given over to sillier ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

He likes putting sound effects into comedies, the sillier the better, and he reacts to them like a delighted little boy.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

“Salmon,” I ask this morning, “can you tell me in your silliest voice what you want in your lunch?”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

"I took the silliest fall that ultimately resulted in me dislocating my shoulder," Kim said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Is it good TV or one of the silliest time-killers you will watch in any given week?

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

"It's just the silliest, most wonderful thing that I could ever get involved in."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

I make a scoffing noise like this is the silliest thing I ever heard.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko