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cocksure

[kok-shoor, -shur] / ˈkɒkˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr /


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“I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

And it became famous for Ingle's unconventional training methods which allowed his boxers to become flamboyant and cocksure with fancy footwork.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

As his banishment gets closer, he only grows more cocksure.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2023

As she read her statement in court, gone was the cocksure grin, replaced by sobbing.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2023

The moment we walked out of the classroom, his cocksure veneer, the spit and polish, would return.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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