ego
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He admits that the gossip and speculation, combined with bitter, post-break-up interviews by his bandmates, dented his ego.
From BBC • May 27, 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
Then there is Toby, the fictional, fez-donning cartoon cat that Baseman calls his alter ego.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
For now, what he saw strutting around the shell house and lounging in the doorway was plenty of ego and not much humility.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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