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On one side are so-called trail Karens, who monitor online web cameras and question why the forest service isn’t ticketing “ignorant and selfish” rule breakers who are hiking the mountain anyway.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

I've also had experiences with what we are now calling Karens.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023

"This pilot deserves a raise for dealing with entitled Karens while doing his job," tweeted Christina Pushaw, who is the press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.

From Fox News • Jan. 9, 2022

“My wife is named Karen, and is a loving, caring and kind woman, like many of the Karens I’ve had the privilege of knowing,” wrote Thomas Prelovsky, a delightful, retired schoolteacher from Laurel.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

The Karens and Shans who settle in the plains expend much more care in ploughing and weeding their crops.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various