ballsy

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"I think he had his dad to help him with the letter but it was quite ballsy, you know: 'Brian Epstein’s got The Beatles; you need us', or something like that," says Underwood.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

“They’re pretty ballsy, but they know what they’re doing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

“She was really ballsy about wanting to invite those readings into the movie,” he says, “the incredible sense of disquiet that the script presented to her as a reader.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

I never questioned that we should be those things when I grew up, because women were very rock ’n’ roll where I came from, very forthright and very funny and ballsy and tough.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

“Pretty ballsy talk for someone who can’t swim.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed