pride
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"We know that we will always be victorious. I wish you peaceful skies, a good mood, comfort, prosperity and pride in our country."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“My character works in construction and I learned to drive and operate a bulldozer and a forklift,” she says with pride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The invitation to the chief justice is in keeping with tradition and for aspiring lawyers, the presence of the country's top judge at their convocation is usually seen as a matter of pride.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Do you pride yourself on the depth and breadth of your command of the English language?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
His pride was as obvious as his nose.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Mittelstand businesses, which long prided themselves on a die-hard free-trade ethic, have recently started requesting government protection from state-backed Chinese firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
This is not the sort of thing you find in works by Austen or even George Eliot, who prided herself on writing the realities of rural life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The agency previously prided itself on the program’s impartiality and, in an effort to protect its science from the influence of industry, purposefully kept the program separate from the agency offices that craft regulation.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
For decades, Bengal prided itself on resisting the political currents reshaping the rest of India.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
I prided myself on being the ultimate prankster.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
But when it comes to campaigns and elections, the former House speaker has never had much use for sentimentality, priding herself on a reptilian cold-bloodedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Bumble differentiates itself from most dating apps, by priding itself on being a woman-owned, space centered on women who are empowered to make the first move after they swipe right on a potential romantic match.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
Having grown up in foster care, Ramona Ison rarely asked for help herself, priding herself on taking care of others in the neighborhood, offering rides for those who needed help getting to and from appointments.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
Shanghai had not erected metal barriers on a wide scale during the past two years of the pandemic, priding itself on more targeted measures that did not rely on lockdowns.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
The mistress of the household still bakes a batch of bread at home in the oven once now and then, priding herself that it is never ‘dunch,’ or heavy.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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