ballsy
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"I think he had his dad to help him with the letter but it was quite ballsy, you know: 'Brian Epstein’s got The Beatles; you need us', or something like that," says Underwood.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
“She was really ballsy about wanting to invite those readings into the movie,” he says, “the incredible sense of disquiet that the script presented to her as a reader.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
That title is a ballsy rejoinder if you think about it.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022
“I think it speaks volumes. One, it’s a little ballsy by a rookie to do it, but I think it speaks volumes about Tom Brady and his character.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Cicero’s defense was ballsy to the point of recklessness.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
But I’m also richer, more powerful and ballsier than everyone else.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2016
You might expect J. Edgar to trump The Private Files with even ballsier revelations or, taking the high road, more elevated insights.
From Time ● Nov. 8, 2011
It’s something Jensen calls “the ballsiest thing I’ve ever seen a person do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
You said earlier to me that people say you're ballsy because you met with El Chapo, but this is the ballsiest thing you've ever done.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2019
“I think it's probably one of the ballsiest moves that has ever been made in the history of the hip-hop business,” says hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, author of the book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2014
The conference prank isn't even their ballsiest, or their funniest.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012
The result is the blackest, ballsiest political comedy since Dr. Strangelove.
From Time ● Nov. 19, 2010
