brashness

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“We had to straddle the line between the brashness and sometimes crude nature of kitchen culture,” says Matthew Bamberg-Johnson, the co-artistic director of Speakeasy Society with Julianne Just and Genevieve Gearhart.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Such brashness seems at odds with the usually more quiet business of diplomacy.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

Fury has promised a knockout which will send Usyk into retirement but, by his usual standards, the brashness was generally toned down early in this fight week.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

He’s gotten buzz for his youth and charisma, his lack of political background, and a brashness that reminds some people of Trump.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

A certain World Bank official implied that Alex’s brashness and outspokenness turned off many people.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French