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ballsy

[bawl-zee] / ˈbɔl zi /




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“They’re pretty ballsy, but they know what they’re doing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

“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

All castanets and flamenco skirts, this is a big, ballsy cabaret number about love driving you crazy.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

And that is ballsy for somebody to say that.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

“Jeez, I’m not exactly sure. I’m a—uh—‘boy soprano with a ballsy chest voice,’ according to my best friend.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle




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