moxie
Example Sentences
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"She decided to go, because she's got moxie," says Ridings.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Japan had real moxie in 1985, when this population cohort slowly started to narrow.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
It didn’t happen overnight, took a lot of moxie and grit, but we made it through.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Bygone eras called this moxie; whatever you’d call it now, its fuel jets Jessica across the Atlantic to take a job in London with her hairless, loll-tongued doggie in tow.
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025
You ain't got the moxie to handle no mobs, remember?
From The Best Made Plans by Dongen, H. R. van
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