defiant
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The latter is as defiant as Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” a torch song that boasts, “It’s not about being first/but knowing how to get there.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026
From jail in recent months, Jin remained defiant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026
Funnily enough, the blue and brown M&M’s are arguably the most confident and defiant of the entire bunch.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
When being questioned by his barrister, Kieran Vaughan KC, he was defiant in his denials.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Years later I saw a movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, in which Ferris, the hero, was happily defiant and disdainful of the system.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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