cocksure

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Cocksure Esme’s challenge becomes rejecting the lies the wizards taught her in favor of the truth she’s learned from her own experiences.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

Cocksure X-wing pilot Poe clashes with his superiors over how to fight a losing battle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2017

Cocksure was always his default setting, even before the court appearances and prison spells started to overshadow the movies.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2014

Cocksure and often brimming with ideas, Topiary used his silver tongue and an unusual knack for public promotion to slowly make his way up the ladder of secret planning rooms in the Anonymous chat networks.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2012

"Go ahead, Miss Cocksure," he smiled at her.

From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon