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arrogance

[ar-uh-guhns] / ˈær ə gəns /


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He is played with a fine sense of clueless arrogance by Mr. Son, as the character idly practices his golf swing with a precision he fails to bring to his idle and addled mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Allow me the arrogance, or the naivete, to believe them.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

That arrogance is in part how we got here.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

He is a quality player with a strut and arrogance that singles him out from the rest.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

His experience raised the question of worth and values, of aggressive inferiority and aggressive arrogance.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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