pugnacity
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I am not persuaded by this criticism—the idea that Jaffa’s famous pugnacity arose from his Straussian ideas rather than his personality strikes me as tendentious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
But in between docility and pugnacity lies the pathway to effective debate moderation, and I thought Muir and Davis did a fine job walking that road on Tuesday night.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
In an early demonstration of his political pugnacity, Mr. Reid had demanded during the campaign that Mr. Laxalt release his family’s financial interests.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
Chris Christie, the state’s former two-term Republican governor, indicates — by his words and, as important, his demeanor of surplus pugnacity — that he is spoiling for a fight.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
On the contrary, there ran through her veins a current of pugnacity of which honest Jean had tasted.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Vocabulary lists containing pugnacity
Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 2
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (M-Z)
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Vocab Video Contest (2016) - List 5
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