brashly

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Bonta said he also expects Trump to want to “come out with a splash” and to move most quickly, and brashly, on some of his biggest promises, especially around immigration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

He continued to mention he's known locally for "awkward conversations with people" before "asking brashly conversational questions."

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2024

She was brashly optimistic in what she calls “the good old days,” thrilled to rub shoulders with Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli at Halston’s fabled glass-and-steel Upper East Side townhouse.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

It’s a surprising choice for two reasons: His music is startling to conservative ears, yet bears little resemblance to the brashly rhythmic post-minimalist language now favored by many younger, trendier composers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison