cockiness
Britishnoun
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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
There was a control, a confidence, perhaps a cockiness at times, about their play.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Nearly two months later, Newsom’s cockiness appears misplaced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
The first, Hodges recalled, was a certain cockiness.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
The cockiness that Frankie was known for and that Diana once found fascinating—until she realized he wasn’t as confident as he pretended to be—was gone.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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