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What’s really driving the buzz is Sullivan’s aura—the self-assuredness and cockiness that scorers need in a ruthless sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

There was a control, a confidence, perhaps a cockiness at times, about their play.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024

Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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