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The family came vividly alive—we sensed Augustine’s role as nurturing mother, as well as the cockiness of the older son.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

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

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

With the passion and cockiness of youth, Virgil at 20-something regards “these bitter, hard, close-to-dead people” with contempt, puzzlement and the certainty of escaping a similar fate.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

I was so eager and so excited to be in L.A. and I had this youthful kind of cockiness about me, to be honest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Her smile fades, and I can see the cockiness dissolve in waves.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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