as in jerk
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Noun
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But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025 -
Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Phillips is far from a seedy creep who draws the ire of everyone around him.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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Small hidden cameras are popular with creeps now, too.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 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
Noun
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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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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
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In the mid 19th century, the phylloxera louse decimated vineyards throughout the world.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In real time, the audience, the queens watching, and perhaps Suzie herself all learn that Suzie has a knack for sexiness onstage, even though she’s dressed as a clown.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2025
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Among the mass-shooting victims is a bloodied clown who was performing at the festival.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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