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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

“And a humility. We have an optimism that we’re going to do this, but not a cockiness that we can mail it in.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2025

It was a mixture of cockiness and exasperation as if to say, “That’s enough. This game needs to be done.”

From Seattle Times May 31, 2024

Natural talent allied with the cockiness that comes with knowing you are more gifted than your rivals made him an irresistible force.

From BBC May 13, 2024

“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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