foolish
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Am I being foolish to want to pay off a 2.75% mortgage?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
They point to what they say are £95m in cash reserves as well as the university's purchase of land in the city centre for about £4.5m, which they say is foolish at this time.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You’re kind of foolish if you go into a football season not thinking you’re going to be the guy at some point,” Slaughter said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
In response, Black quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson to me: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
She had a home to live in, and a family that loved her, and two new best friends who were foolish and brave and wonderful.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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