overweening
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The playwrights of Athens dramatized the tragic tales of kings, including Xerxes of Persia, whose overweening ambitions led the rulers to ruin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
It’s as if their mother’s overweening nature couldn’t be defeated; it could only be eclipsed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Still, the overweening arrogance in the face of all these blunders is baffling.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2023
A former restaurant tycoon turned mercenary leader, Prigozhin was done in by some of his most famous traits—brazen imprudence, overweening self-confidence, and blithe gullibility toward his own P.R.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2023
Like his father, a high cleric, 8-Deer was trained for the priesthood, but political events and his own overweening ambition stopped him from following that path.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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