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Tungay said he was "treating the French like imbeciles, making all these so-called tough declarations when the record is so catastrophic".

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro called the culprits "imbeciles" after they were filmed on the waterway on Wednesday, and offered a restaurant dinner to anyone who could identify them.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2022

I am not going to treat you like imbeciles or wayward children.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020

Brantley Starr wrote an extravagantly snide and condescending opinion that essentially called government attorneys imbeciles who can’t even read Wikipedia.

From Slate • May 14, 2020

The grouchy woman began screaming, telling us we were imbeciles, that we were all going to die, so why didn’t we eat well until then?

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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