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as in crazily
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as in unwisely
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Recent Examples of foolishly
The Raiders once famously (and foolishly) took a victory lap around GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium after defeating the Chiefs.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Both entities foolishly used the largesse to substantially expand their unionized staffs and now don’t have the revenue base to support those higher costs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Both entities foolishly used the largesse to substantially expand their unionized staffs and now don’t have the revenue base to support those higher costs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foolishly
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Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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That seems like a crazily low number of songs.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Campus protesters in the United States unwisely adopted slogans that were open to misinterpretation.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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Their dynamic also mirrors that of Holden and Bill's, with the younger agent acting more recklessly and drawing the ire of his partner.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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Gray was arrested after law enforcement in neighboring Mason County observed the sheriff — who was in uniform, armed and in a department vehicle — driving recklessly at a high rate of speed.—
Josh Wood,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
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Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.—
Maria Shriver,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Chanel’s set was insanely beautiful.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The modal-spandex material is stretchy, cooling, and insanely comfy.—
Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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The new majority on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors intends to imprudently balance its operating budget by monkeying with its reserve structure and reducing its size.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Variants aren’t a new idea, but the sheer volume in this case appears to be unprecedented, and Swift has marketed them in a brazenly manipulative fashion.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Groves is one of 10 inmates who authorities said brazenly escaped from the Orleans Justice Center in the early morning hours of May 16 after climbing through a hole behind a toilet.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Foolishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foolishly. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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