arrogant
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“It would be an arrogant thing to think we’re alone,” she says as the black SUV she’s sitting in zigzags through Midtown Manhattan traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
However, many thought Tilson Thomas too brash and arrogant to lead an orchestra, and, around the same time, Tilson Thomas fell in with New York’s disco-hopping crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
But it also signaled a dangerous, misplaced confidence in unaided human reason. Through a series of arrogant miscalculations, Athens’ mostly peaceful, decadeslong hegemony would end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
At a florists' stall in Székesfehérvár, Eva, 73, believes it is time for a change, while her daughter-in-law Andrea sees Péter Magyar as arrogant and his supporters loud.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
If my father was sounding more arrogant than usual, it’s because he had brought home a scale model of his design for the new junior high school, and he figured it was a winner.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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