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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

“And a humility. We have an optimism that we’re going to do this, but not a cockiness that we can mail it in.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2025

A soldier who trained alongside him at the Army Foundation College, in Harrogate, told the BBC Khalife stood out for his cockiness, arrogance and over-confidence.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

He has a confidence that borders on cockiness.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2023

“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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