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ballsy

[bawl-zee] / ˈbɔl zi /




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Then, in 2017, she made the top 10 as the guest vocalist and co-writer on Jax Jones's bold and ballsy club anthem You Don't Know Me.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024

“One intensely sad and angry and insecure, the other a ballsy bravado performance for public consumption.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

“I think it speaks volumes. One, it’s a little ballsy by a rookie to do it, but I think it speaks volumes about Tom Brady and his character.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

“It was ballsy and real,” the literary agent and author Bill Clegg said in an email.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2020

I couldn't believe my mom was encouraging me to be so ballsy.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

But I’m also richer, more powerful and ballsier than everyone else.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2016

You might expect J. Edgar to trump The Private Files with even ballsier revelations or, taking the high road, more elevated insights.

From Time ● Nov. 8, 2011

It’s something Jensen calls “the ballsiest thing I’ve ever seen a person do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025

“I think it's probably one of the ballsiest moves that has ever been made in the history of the hip-hop business,” says hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, author of the book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2014

The conference prank isn't even their ballsiest, or their funniest.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, the ballsiest letter ever written.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012

The result is the blackest, ballsiest political comedy since Dr. Strangelove.

From Time ● Nov. 19, 2010


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