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arrogance

[ar-uh-guhns] / ˈær ə gəns /


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The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“And it worked in some ways,” he says, without a trace of arrogance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

I’m often amazed by the arrogance that scientists, politicians and others display when using the term “settled science.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Bereaved and harmed mothers have blamed missed chances, "arrogance" among some senior doctors and a "defensive culture".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Biblical writers saw the magnificent, 270-foot-high Tower of Babel as an emblem of man’s arrogance in trying to reach heaven.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell




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