complacent
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However, in a Downing Street statement ahead of the meeting Burnham insisted "we cannot be complacent".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Still, one Western official said Nato allies should remain calm but not complacent.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Not complacent; I’m content. I let it run its course, and now I have clarity to go do whatever else it is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Yet that has some worried that investors might be too complacent for their own good in the face of myriad risks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
There was nothing for it but to sit in my usual place beside Mrs. Van Hopper while she, like a large, complacent spider, spun her wide net of tedium about the stranger’s person.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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