lacking confidence

Although the Lakers have yet to have all their players available, they aren’t lacking confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

But they will head into the fixture at London Stadium short of momentum, lacking confidence and with unrest in the stands bubbling.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026

The 30-year-old artist from Idaho found herself lacking confidence and routinely deferring to her older partner, a dynamic she attributed in part to a disparity in life experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Were Biles to go out there lacking confidence — were she to spin out of control — there could be serious consequences.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021

The opinions of the rest were as vacillating as their courage, many of them lacking confidence in the governor.

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