vapid
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But that refusal to risk vulnerability comes back to bite her when the daughter she turned herself inside out to spoil pulls a move reminiscent of Veda in “Mildred Pierce,” betraying Emma for vapid reasons.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"Someone can be vapid, have no depth and be on reality TV, but that doesn't mean that's true for every contestant," she adds.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Ed, one of the sons of the family -- played by Turner -- serves as a narrator of sorts and sums up the rest of his family as "lazy, mediocre, vapid egotists".
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
After returning to France, she moved past society gossip and vapid crooks like Weidmann to write notable profiles of Philippe Pétain and Charles de Gaulle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
With his deep brown, almost black eyes, he’d glare so intently at his opponents that some said he was attempting to hypnotize them into making a vapid move.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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