proud
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She added: "People might say it's just a picture, but every time I walk past, it makes me very proud, because it's part of my journey."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“We’re representing the Tejano community, and I’m proud of that,” said Muñoz, who comes from a long line of Texas-born Mexicans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"I just want to make my country proud and make my family proud."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“The most important statistic, the one that I am most proud of, is zero,” Keeler said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I’m not sure what put a fire under you, but I’m proud of you,” she said in my ear before releasing me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“I could not be prouder of the exceptional professionalism and expertise demonstrated by every member of this team during our operations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
I was proud of him for pivoting to pizza, prouder still for how, as we were heading home, he told me that he felt “peaceful, happy, confident, and love.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
“I couldn’t be prouder to work alongside her,” Raman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
"I could not be prouder of having the Mavericks come to Macao," Dumont said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
Elizebeth couldn’t have been prouder, and neither could William.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
His proudest contribution was creating the framework for the union’s first medical plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Alyssa Pagoria says one of her proudest moments as a manager was helping a former member of her customer-success team get off a performance-improvement plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Then there is her Imagination Library, which has reportedly distributed over 300 million books to children around the world since its launch in the late 1980s — an effort Dolly counted as her proudest achievement.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Houston's cover of Parton's “sad little country song” was one of the proudest moments of her life, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The cruelest, the proudest, the most superior and haughty.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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