plural noun
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testicles
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manly courage
Example Sentences
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“I don’t have the cojones for it,” says Jack Ablin, chief investment strategist at Cresset Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
And the cojones to keep up with it.
From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2022
Albright once condemned Cuban pilots for shooting down civilian planes with the memorable line “This is not cojones, it is cowardice” — protests of unladylike language be darned, Bill Clinton remembered.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
Clinton would later declare Albright's cojones quote as "probably the most effective one-liner" in his administration's foreign policy strategy.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2022
“I don’t know if I had the cojones to even ask him,” McDaniel said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2017
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