as in gall
shameless boldness
she had the brazenness to expect us to let her tap into our cable connection
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Noun
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Our study also identified other risks, including low blood pressure, sleep problems, headaches, formation of kidney stones, and gall bladder disease and diseases associated with the bile ducts.—
Ziyad Al-Aly,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2025 -
Coordinators have rarely had the gall to try to run it in those spots, but the Lions did and scored.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
1 Jan. 2025
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Luckily, the Burlington eased my nerves from doing further damage.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms usually begin as headache, nausea, vomiting and fever, but then can spread to neurological symptoms after the parasite leaves the bloodstream, enters muscle, migrates to peripheral nerves and into the spinal column and brain, doctors said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2025
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How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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In 2014, WeatherTech founder David MacNeil had the audacity to blow a large chunk of his marketing budget on his first Super Bowl spot, paying $4 million for the airtime to compete on TV’s biggest advertising stage.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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At one point, Jeff has the audacity to comment on Manchi’s English pronunciation when his Spanish is nonexistent, for example.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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The decision to limit the groovy Thundercat riff that opens this to a skit is a crazy flex, and the lyrics that follow only up the chutzpah.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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There’s only one word for it: chutzpah, an extreme level of audacity, gall or nerve.—
Steve Bousquet,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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To Boost Investment Confidence Behavioral finance research suggests that small, incremental investment steps can help build confidence over time.—
Odiri Oginni,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Season Two will find the characters having more confidence and readying themselves as a potential war becomes an increasing threat.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ani is one of HQ’s best girls, and Madison plays her with a bawdy effrontery and a disarming grin that seems to widen by a mile under neon lights.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
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Wu, notably, is framed as the instigator in the relationship; Cheung has a few priceless reaction shots, as Lam can’t believe—or, ultimately, resist—his student’s seductive effrontery.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
23 July 2024
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