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aplomb

noun as in assurance

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The ninth time Eisman retrieved a ball from some sand trap, or pretended his shot had not splashed into the water, he acted with the same unapologetic aplomb he had demonstrated the first time.

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If you can condition yourself to embrace that fact, you can profit from calamity and good fortune with equal aplomb.

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The city that Tom Bradley has led with impassive aplomb for 17 years is frayed at the edges, with aging sewers and inadequate housing stock.

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Bush handled the maneuver with aplomb and succeeded Ronald Reagan.

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The courtly gentleman guided women around the floor to big band standards with all the aplomb of teenage boys waltzing at a cotillion dance they’ve been forced to attend by their parents.

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