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aplomb

[uh-plom, uh-pluhm] / əˈplɒm, əˈplʌm /


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Ostensibly, Snead and McVay stepped aside to give assistant general manager John McKay and Nicole Blake, the director of scouting, strategy and analytics, experience dealing with questions from reporters, which they handled with aplomb.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

It’s a powerful story, to say the least, and Neville handles it in “Man on the Run” with great aplomb.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

After successfully badgering his dad to take him to a local club to play on full-size tables at the age of eight, the young Hunter made the leap from table top snooker with aplomb.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

If you can condition yourself to embrace that fact, you can profit from calamity and good fortune with equal aplomb.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

Duane assured the fox that he would explain everything and that it might even make an entertaining story to tell while eating sorbets, tarts, and aplomb.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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