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His mother told him, “Be strong for everyone else. Your dad will always be proud of you.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"It's something that old Cumberland can be proud of, because we're using the waste of that old resource to transition to cleaner energy."

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

He also wants them to be proud of who they are, and proud to be Americans.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

If I became another statistic on those charts I was obsessively tracking, what would I be proud of and what would I regret?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

“I just want you to be proud of who you are. Of everything you are.”

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez




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