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Recent Examples of galootIce cream that dropped from some galoot’s cone, and is now melting on the sidewalk?
Incorrect.—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025 But the energetic, foul-mouthed galoot seems mainly focused on drilling through ice for a swim as often as possible.—Will Tizard, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024 Our heroes — on a simple quest to find one hulking, hairy galoot — have to traverse a dark, dangerous, and honestly pretty fake-looking forest, filled with enormous insects and other strange surprises.—Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2024 Henri was a tall galoot with a hawk nose, very little chin, and a prominent Adam’s apple.—Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023 Nobody plays a big galoot better than Marino and Ron can be profoundly annoying and ridiculous, the worst of the try-hards.—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023 Winston Duke, my favorite big galoot, gets to have a little fun as the garrulous tribal leader M’Baku, but the new character Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who is intended for a Disney+ TV spin-off, feels a bit lost in the shuffle.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022 Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love.—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 And yes, that left-handed galoot in the fairway goes by the name of Phil Mickelson.—David Weiss, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
Another favorite comic novel of mine, this one follows a guy in Beijing who installs custom, old school sound systems for rich people.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.
Among its many other deft and occasionally very blunt messages, the film, directed by Australian David Michod, definitely telegraphs the hey-get-a-load-of-this-serious-actress-here-ladies-and-gentlemen transmission.
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Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Lloyd will play Clive, a gentleman who has lost his phone at Happy’s Place and comes back to retrieve it.
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