pride
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As the long, 50-some-day production schedule rolls on, the viewer can feel Eleanor’s anxiety ease, allowing pride to take full control.
From Salon β Oct. 20, 2026
She added: "Scotland can already take pride in assuring guests that short-term let accommodation across the country meets consistent safety standards."
From BBC β Oct. 19, 2026
He smiled with pride at the state of the fishery.
From Barron's β Oct. 17, 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
There was a hint of pride in her voice which irritated him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
Mittelstand businesses, which long prided themselves on a die-hard free-trade ethic, have recently started requesting government protection from state-backed Chinese firms.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 4, 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
Celia has prided herself on guessing occupations since her days at El Encanto, when she could precisely gauge how much a customer had to spend on a camera.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina GarcΓa
But when it comes to campaigns and elections, the former House speaker has never had much use for sentimentality, priding herself on a reptilian cold-bloodedness.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 19, 2024
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
Iowans took their responsibilities seriously, priding themselves on their ability to take a true measure of a candidate and the organizations behind them.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 17, 2024
And Philemon, the comic poet, himself mentioning the extraordinary congers at Sicyon, represents a cook as priding himself on his skill, and saying in the play entitled the Soldier,— 32.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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