machismo
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He never rose beyond private first class during a 1950s stint in the military, but he projected so much machismo that he seemed born to wear an officer’s uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Potsy Ponciroli’s “Motor City,” a brutal blood-pumper set in 1970s Detroit, has a great conceit: such an exaggeration of strong-and-silent machismo that the movie only has five lines of dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
A true bro cultivates a harsh, insouciant machismo.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025
America’s most machismo and gas-guzzling car, the Hummer, has been relaunched as an electric vehicle.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025
It’s a new technothriller stocked with laser-guided weapons, gunboats, all flavors of machismo.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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