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And to a certain extent, that cocksureness shaped his career, too.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2020

Taylor’s quietness makes their opponents look loud; their watchfulness makes other people—especially men, shouting about power—look frenetic; their ideological cocksureness makes the older men look weak.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019

It quickly becomes clear that Scott’s unflinching cocksureness is as much about the heartbreak he’s endured during his short life as it is his predilection for rebellion.

From Time • Oct. 10, 2015

Under the surface sheen of his cocksureness, Mr. Bolden also suggests that Donell is engaging in serious combat with anxiety.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2014

Its very incompleteness, things left out because of sensibilities so stunned that events made no mark as they whirled by, is often more impressive than the conventional war correspondent's cocksureness and windy eloquence.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)