proud
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“And we are so proud of Guillermo for being that person for this audience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Star and Lewis said Parton, who has links to Machynlleth in Powys, was "proud" to sing in Welsh.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“We’re extremely proud of these Star Ratings,” Chief Executive Jim Rechtin said, attributing the improvement to employees’ efforts to provide members with high-quality care and coordinated support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
If she’d said no, I would’ve been heartbroken because I think “Miss America” is gorgeous — I’m really proud to be part of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
I know I shouldn’t be telling him this, but I’m kind of proud of how I’m figuring out the bus routes and everything.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Dietrich was Hollywood’s greatest seductress, with conquests galore, male and female, but she was prouder of helping the war effort during World War II as a performer and war-bonds promoter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I was proud of him for pivoting to pizza, prouder still for how, as we were heading home, he told me that he felt “peaceful, happy, confident, and love.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
"I cannot be prouder and happier from what I saw out there, especially how we lived the last 72 hours," Arteta said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
“I couldn’t be prouder to work alongside her,” Raman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
I don’t know who was prouder, us or Mr. Ward.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
Alyssa Pagoria says one of her proudest moments as a manager was helping a former member of her customer-success team get off a performance-improvement plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Then there is her Imagination Library, which has reportedly distributed over 300 million books to children around the world since its launch in the late 1980s — an effort Dolly counted as her proudest achievement.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
One of his proudest moments was defeating a Brazil team on its home soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“But I think the thing that he was proudest of was that he could make a living as an actor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Hearing him say that was probably the moment I felt proudest to be her daughter.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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