as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment what kind of tomfool idea is this?
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Until recently, history has largely recognized this foolish law as a New Deal mistake.—
Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Little purple blossoms appearing on my lawn mean my jacaranda tree will soon be in bloom, leaving its sticky remnants all over the sidewalk, lawn and anyone foolish enough to park underneath it.— Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
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Doxxing is just a form of stupid bullying, not free speech.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
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Healey must think ratepayers – who are burdened with some of the highest energy costs in the country – are pretty stupid and simple minded.— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.— Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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As usual, human progress gets the sublimely absurd Herzogian treatment, with modern and primordial sights and sounds becoming whole.— Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
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But the idea of using one for multiple hours every day, or of trying to socialize in real life while the people around me try to meet my digital avatar’s dead eyes, is absurd.— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
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With the greatest opening day crowd in the history of Atlanta and the Southern league cheering in a mad, thunderous crescendo, the Atlanta Crackers reached something approaching an apogee of playing perfection yesterday to turn back the Knoxville Smokies, 9 to 0.— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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The president of the United States is stark-raving mad.— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
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Categorizing the plunge pool as TIO for something like a charity scramble or regular public play would be one thing, but to do so in a major championship with a purse of $9 million seems fundamentally wrong and also insane.— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The reception to your performance in the Rusical was insane.— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Time to rethink this ceremonial crazy building.— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Then came the part that somehow sounds even crazier.— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Even those on the right who find Groypers idiotic actually echo many of their political positions.— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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That idiotic comment should exclude him from being granted a place to air his views.— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
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