sang-froid
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In the annals of British spookery, who could surpass his sang froid?
From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2015
But his sang froid raised other kinds of questions.
From New York Times • May 29, 2014
Recommend ReportPermalinkreply sang froid in reply to fundamentalist Oct 18th 2012 23:36 GMT False--they exist from the beginning of modern banking in the Middle Ages.
From Economist • Oct. 16, 2012
In the middle, Alastair Campbell failing to pull off sang froid: "It's a poll, it's a poll – you can take them or leave them."
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2010
On the morrow the Spanish embassador was the first to congratulate Sixtus V., with admirable sang froid, on his truly pious clemency.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
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