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
His famous pugnacity became trained more and more on members of his own party, and his own constituents, than on Republicans.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024
Along the way, she showed flashes of the humor and pugnacity that have made her one of squash’s more forceful personalities.
From New York Times • May 4, 2022
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
There is Biercean pugnacity in these words; the author flings down the gauntlet with a confident gesture.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose
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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