cynic
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The cynic in me knows that, as surely as no Gutenberg protégé engraved this stationery, the happy accident of the extras befalls every customer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The cynic in me says this ship appears to have sailed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A cynic might say that the short life of Winkleman's series will have shown both her and the BBC that launching a new chat show is harder than it looks.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Of course, a director like Spielberg would spend his old age making stale hopecore sci-fi,” a cynic might argue.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
A cynic once said that the most difficult part of success is finding someone who is happy for you.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
“I have the right to like the people I covered,” the 81-year-old Mr. Gammons writes in a kind of manifesto, presumably aimed at the drive-by cynics of his profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Yet at 26, she has weathered countless storms — whether facing incessant body-shaming online, or defending her pop music pivot from cynics in the comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
They say it’s better to be lucky than to be smart, and cynics may now wonder which word is a better fit for Bisignano.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
Seasoned investors, and quite a few cynics, often warn about the dangers of the taxi-driver trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
Then he told me that most cynics were once dreamers who became disillusioned.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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