as in jerk
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Noun
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Trump calls Bruce Springsteen a 'jerk': The president slapped back after the musician voiced criticism at concertNeed a break?—
Chris Jordan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025 -
Millions of readers follow along for her advice on work quandaries big and small, from dealing with office jerks to quitting a toxic job.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
11 May 2025
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2024
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Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
9 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Despite the slow creep of automation, many fields still require the human touch.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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But between inflated ad tech layers, the persistent creep of made-for-advertising (MFA) sites and brand safety issues, and a growing ecosystem of fraudulent traffic, staying on course isn’t always straightforward.—
Jeff Kaplan,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
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Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Oct. 2024
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Urías then allowed a high bounder by Yu Chang to get by for a two-base error.—
Tom Haudricourt,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
10 Sep. 2021
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Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.—
Kori Rumore,
chicagotribune.com,
26 Aug. 2020
Noun
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The vines did not survive, however, probably due to the presence of phylloxera, the vine louse, in the soil.—
Per and Britt Karlsson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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For reasons that included the phylloxera louse—which decimated grapevines in the mid 1800’s—as well as the labor-intensive needs of this grape, by 1987 only 1.2 acres (0.5 hectares) of Timorasso existed in the world.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the ‘30s and ‘40s, there were all these clowns trying to sell things, and then there was Krinkles the Clown trying to sell cereal [in the ‘50s].—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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Matthew Davies, 41, was taken into custody on suspicion of assaulting a man with a glass bottle while dressed up as a clown on Oct. 31, 2018, according to a news release issued by the department.—
Vincent Moleski,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 May 2024
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Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.—
BYAlexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
10 July 2023
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“Babbitt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Babbitt. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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