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hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm
it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes
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Day one was an 11-mile ascent to a cabin set up for foolish, foolhardy souls like me.
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Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
The boy’s surrender, though foolhardy, is an act of rebellion, of taking reckless chances and throwing caution to the wind.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
The boy’s surrender, though foolhardy, is an act of rebellion, of taking reckless chances and throwing caution to the wind.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Foolhardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foolhardy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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