know-it-all
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Sandwiched between his rebellious older brother, Dylan, and his know-it-all younger brother, Miles, Felix finds it easier to ignore the world around him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In a 2015 biography, author Ashlee Vance described Musk as "a confrontational know-it-all" with an "abundant ego".
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli Society, labelled Steinmeier's comments on the war "grossly inappropriate" and said they displayed a "smug know-it-all attitude".
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
He could come off as a know-it-all, and he tended to ramble when speaking.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
They knew how little I could be counted on; how poorly, how shabbily my know-it-all self covered helplessness.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Soft know-it-alls from the city and phonies of any stripe receive rough treatment in his shows, such as the llama farmer from California who gets thrown under a Montana cattle guard in “Yellowstone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
I like this exercise because it’s not a recounting by news know-it-alls.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
We now live in a world of know-it-alls, catalyzed by a social media engine that brings these forces together.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
There are no kitchen table arguments, no drunk know-it-alls pontificating at the numerous pubs, no campaign posters, no red hats, not even a chuckle-worthy moment of political incorrectness from Mare’s mother Helen.
From Slate ● May 27, 2021
“I don’t think Raven actually hid this book. She’s probably one of those know-it-alls who likes to flaunt every fact in her head. Yippee for you, you know a lot about Edgar Allan Poe.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
