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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

Whether this is intentional behavior born of the arrogance of power or a symptom of a deteriorating mental state is somewhat beside the point.

From Salon • May 26, 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

This has been regarded as evidence not just of stupidity but of the even greater sin of arrogance.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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