moxie
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El-Sayed is eager to face Rogers, predicting, with characteristic moxie, that in the future, if “you say ‘Mike Rogers,’ it’ll be like: ‘Remember when Abdul just completely demolished that man’s political future?’
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Her kooky chipmunk moxie lets her get through any script relatively unscathed, including this one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Japan had real moxie in 1985, when this population cohort slowly started to narrow.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
That moxie to still be involved despite his injury is one of the reasons why England like Bashir.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
Young chicks who have lost their mothers by death, and whose fathers are of a shiftless and improvident nature, may be fed on kumiss, two parts; moxie, eight parts; distilled water, ten parts.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
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