chutzpah
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Say what you like about Elon Musk, you have to give him credit for his vision and his chutzpah.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
He added: "Nigel Farage has chutzpah to return to the stage and say 'things are disastrous, and I'm the person to fix it'."
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
“He had the chutzpah to actually do something spectacular, which certain people find attractive and courageous,” said Jeff Goodwin, a New York University professor who studies social movements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
In solo climbing the whole enterprise is held together with little more than chutzpah, not the most reliable adhesive.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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