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
But it’s voters who decide elections, not know-it-all columnists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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
Even in classes with some of the brightest students in the world, “Oppie,” as friends called him, never lost his know-it-all style.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
For a nation that still gets diminished as a soccer outsider, the U.S. sure produces a lot of soccer know-it-alls, and the men get a lot of unsolicited wisdom from the homeland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
I like this exercise because it’s not a recounting by news know-it-alls.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
It also has a user base heavy with designers, photographers, and know-it-alls, and even just redesigning the app’s logo has been known to send them into fits.
From The Verge ● Sep. 10, 2020
We are also both incredibly stubborn and principled know-it-alls.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2020
“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
