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arrogance

[ar-uh-guhns] / ˈær ə gəns /


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These Knicks don’t exude any of their hometown’s rowdy, center-of-the-planet arrogance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Alfonsi’s parting words to the Columbia Journalism Review perfectly summarized the nightmare unfolding at CBS: “The arrogance, cruelty, and incompetence is stunning.”

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“And it worked in some ways,” he says, without a trace of arrogance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Nel was getting exasperated with her arrogance, with her lying at death’s door still smart-talking.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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