pride
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Her footage is teeming with maternal pride, observant and heartwarming.
From Salon β Oct. 20, 2026
High-school bands are a matter of pride across the South, and Central’s band is among the best in the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 18, 2026
"ASEAN members are more than willing to help," Malaysian parliamentarian Hassan Abdul Karim told AFP, "provided Indonesia is willing to swallow their bigger ego and pride."
From Barron's β Oct. 16, 2026
“One of the things that I frankly pride myself on as a university president is that I readily admit that I don’t have all the answers, and certainly not the best answers,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
Was it an emotion, like pride or aggression, or a type of illness?
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
This was a stark warning to a company that prided and built itself on innovation.
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2026
Open has long prided itself as being the loudest, brashest and unmistakably New York-iest of tennis’ four Grand Slam tournaments.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 6, 2026
This is not the sort of thing you find in works by Austen or even George Eliot, who prided herself on writing the realities of rural life.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 26, 2026
The agency previously prided itself on the program’s impartiality and, in an effort to protect its science from the influence of industry, purposefully kept the program separate from the agency offices that craft regulation.
From Salon β May 5, 2026
Polly had always prided herself on her looks.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Bumble differentiates itself from most dating apps, by priding itself on being a woman-owned, space centered on women who are empowered to make the first move after they swipe right on a potential romantic match.
From Salon β May 15, 2024
Vietnam’s Communist Party has ruled the country for nearly half a century, often priding itself on unity and longevity.
From New York Times β Mar. 20, 2024
Having grown up in foster care, Ramona Ison rarely asked for help herself, priding herself on taking care of others in the neighborhood, offering rides for those who needed help getting to and from appointments.
From Scientific American β Aug. 17, 2023
He said he took the termination hard and, priding himself on a strong work ethic, recalled that during his military career he helped cook for 250,000 Vietnamese refugees at Fort Chaffee in Arkansas.
From Seattle Times β Jul. 3, 2021
He was an experienced man, priding himself on a knowledge of human nature, and Phœbe's “little ways” amused him greatly.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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