ego
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"I think it's an Elon Musk ego project," says Sinead O'Sullivan, an economist who has worked for Nasa in the past.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Preservation of the manager’s job, or at least their ego, becomes the top priority.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
"Though I appreciate your attempt to appeal to my ego, Sikander, I'm not going to start a war to prove a point, to you or Belet or anyone."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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