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knuckleheads

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The knuckleheads causing civic havoc should be sentenced to root for the Brooklyn Nets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

I inched along Whittier Boulevard toward the new, much ballyhooed 6th Street Viaduct, which, stunning as its arches are, looks like a public health hazard, its gentle curves practically inviting daredevil knuckleheads to climb it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

When some within government are describing others within government to me as "knuckleheads", you can be confident there's lively debate internally about how to manage this.

From BBC • May 16, 2022

“I work with teenagers all day, and I know what kind of knuckleheads they are,” Losavio said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022

“Of course not, calabazas. You’re such knuckleheads sometimes,” I said, looking around and talking to all of them at once.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall