hubris
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He first started exploring what he called CEO hubris nearly 30 years ago with research showing that CEOs who were mentioned a lot in the media paid bigger acquisition premiums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
She said the "hubris and incompetence" of those in charge of Scotland's ferry network had "failed a blameless workforce that deserves the chance to turn the page".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
That era concluded quickly, undone by his hubris and deceit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Sure, one might argue that in “The Odyssey,” Nolan is studying his own hubris, accepting the innate faults that come with bringing Homer to the big screen.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
They exhausted their resource base, began to die of starvation and thirst, and fled their cities en masse, leaving them as silent warnings of the perils of ecological hubris.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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