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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

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

It was a mixture of cockiness and exasperation as if to say, “That’s enough. This game needs to be done.”

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024

Nearly two months later, Newsom’s cockiness appears misplaced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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