pride
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She’s perhaps best-known for her Instagram page @veteranas_and_rucas, a crowd-sourced digital archive where homegirls from California reminisce, share stories and see themselves represented with dignity and pride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It offers quiet roads along coastlines and river gorges and into mountains, among rice paddies and through towns with tiled roofs where villagers pride themselves on their Shikoku hospitality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the end, for all the movie’s pride in great thinkers, it does precious little thinking itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
In line with the sometimes defiant sense of local "Ossie pride", Siegmund has often ridden the iconic local Simson bike, including to the polling booth Sunday in his hometown of Tangermuende.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“No, but he taught me more than I ever learned there,” I said with pride.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Open has long prided itself as being the loudest, brashest and unmistakably New York-iest of tennis’ four Grand Slam tournaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“When I moved to defensive back in college, I always prided myself on being a great runner, which led to me being a great punt returner.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The service became synonymous with something Mumbai prided itself on, that beneath the noise and the rush, some things still worked with unshakeable precision.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
“Vivos has prided itself on the ability of members to coexist with each other and within the confines of the Rules and Regulations,” it said in an email to lessees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
For years, I had prided myself that Mr. Muhammad and I were so close that I knew how he felt by how I felt.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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But when it comes to campaigns and elections, the former House speaker has never had much use for sentimentality, priding herself on a reptilian cold-bloodedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Bumble differentiates itself from most dating apps, by priding itself on being a woman-owned, space centered on women who are empowered to make the first move after they swipe right on a potential romantic match.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
Iowans took their responsibilities seriously, priding themselves on their ability to take a true measure of a candidate and the organizations behind them.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Having grown up in foster care, Ramona Ison rarely asked for help herself, priding herself on taking care of others in the neighborhood, offering rides for those who needed help getting to and from appointments.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
She is a very good woman, rather priding herself on setting aside all conventionality, and bustling about the house, and keeping everyone up to their duty but her son!
From Under the Mendips A Tale by Emma Marshall
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