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as in jerks
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that bastard's behavior was completely out of line
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Noun
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Smarmy jerks can get obscenely wealthy in this country just by managing other people’s money.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026 -
Moreover, where most clients are great, some are jerks.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Are you guys not playing the same game?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Even for two guys who run shark fishing tours professionally, this was a shock.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In front of him, idolatrous Republican lawmakers popped up and down to applaud like clowns in wind-up music boxes of old.—
Jackie Calmes,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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An episodic framework, physical comedy, a small ensemble of actors who are all at home in their clowns and who will all, at some point, drop the mask to speak to us as themselves — for Ogawa, these are ways to bring effervescence and intimacy to the contemplation of insoluble, heavy things.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police say one of the males arrested is believed to be the shooter.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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Matt Lovatt, director for the UK’s Trentham Monkey Forest, told the BBC that rejection by parents is rare among macaques, but that males of the species do as much caretaking as the females, so Punch still has a good chance of integrating into the troop and developing normally, even without his mom.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Streiber said the event gives their animals new experiences but is also excellent enrichment for dogs.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Nearby, people and their dogs who had moved into the shelter for the duration of the war lounged on air mattresses, scrolling through their phones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mulvaney’s penchant for girlish giggles and squeals between bites of her spaghetti pomodoro stand out in Arno, especially when juxtaposed against the sea of older gentlemen in an assortment of ill-fitting grey blazers sitting behind her at the bar.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
18 Feb. 2026
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Distinguished gentlemen boasting dashing Hessian boots and tall beaver hats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some mammal species are highly susceptible to HPAI, including domestic cats, skunks, foxes, raccoons, bobcats, mountain lions and black bears.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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The residents safely trapped the skunk and took it to a wildlife rescue center.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Leads Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie went, seemingly overnight, from two dudes no one had heard of to the hottest young stars in the biz, in the sort of Cinderella story that tends to get fans personally invested in their ascents.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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As for Cade Cowell’s hair and Tim Parker flexing on dudes?—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Bastards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastards. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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