bêtises

plural of bêtise

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Noun
  • Buffalo, known for end-of-half blunders in past years, scored a field goal as the first half expired after moving the ball 48 yards in three plays (including a spike).
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Asimov's original idea was to conceive a sound system by which humanity's foibles and follies could be traced and tracked over centuries.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • His style is Olympian on the surface, the ironic detachment of his pictures casting a cold, curious eye at humanity’s follies and derangements.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In the hour-long special, filmed at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater, Florida, Larry delivers takes on everything from family life and aging to the everyday absurdities of modern living.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For the past four years, Honan has been a worm in Adams’s apple, scoring scoop after scoop about the dramas, inanities, and intrigues of his administration.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Bêtises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/b%C3%AAtises. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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