sanguine
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Another, sitting next to me, was equally sanguine.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
As for the capital being spent, Althoff is equally sanguine.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The 23-year-old is sanguine about that day at Headingley, rightly pointing out he was targeted in a game England were never going to win after they were bowled out for 131.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
He was sanguine about the effects of OTC, even though it was temporary, and expensive, and even though the treated trees got reinfected every four months.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
“What a sanguine smell. What a purposeful fire. Breakfast in a tree. Son, I toil from sunup to sundown, and never have I lived so well!”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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