prideful
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Knoxville was a small but prideful city at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
This is not the time to be prideful about how much stress and responsibility you can take on.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
“I don’t care what’s happened — this is a prideful team,” McVay said of the Ravens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
While I firmly believe moviegoing audiences should be less averse to slow pacing, there’s an almost prideful lack of explanation for the context of images flickering across the screen.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
The other image was of Ann Atwater: contentious, prideful, towering and immutable as a mountain.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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