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The family came vividly alive—we sensed Augustine’s role as nurturing mother, as well as the cockiness of the older son.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

There was a control, a confidence, perhaps a cockiness at times, about their play.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2024

Nearly two months later, Newsom’s cockiness appears misplaced.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2024

With the passion and cockiness of youth, Virgil at 20-something regards “these bitter, hard, close-to-dead people” with contempt, puzzlement and the certainty of escaping a similar fate.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2024

Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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