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cantankerousness









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Durst would later testify that despite Black’s cantankerousness they became friendly, and the real estate heir slumming it in Texas dropped the disguise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2020

Kasich’s strategists maintain that the governor’s cantankerousness is proof of his unvarnished authenticity.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2016

Yet, for all his cantankerousness, he is part of the British medical-research establishment.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2016

Stewart’s cantankerousness also extends to his driving style.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2014

They felt that Keith, for all his "cantankerousness," might be right.

From The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson




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