humility
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Neither movie does anything particularly interesting with its characters, but what’s most frustrating is that the humility Lightning McQueen learns in the first film is essentially tossed out the window.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
In other words, investors need to be “long humility and short hubris,” Hartnett said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
So every moment is a moment of gratitude and humility, to be honest.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Is teaching your three children humility hard because they’re being raised in a more financially stable home?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The net effect was that for all his quiet humility the man’s wide-ranging knowledge and quiet eloquence commanded absolute respect, and never more than when he was at work in his shop, plying his craft.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing humility
Tuesdays with Morrie
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The Old Man and the Sea
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