sang-froid
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Although Piastri is by nature a down-to-earth personality, who lets nothing apparently ruffle his sang-froid, he may have been thinking of this when he summed up his feelings on his third place.
From BBC • May 18, 2025
Dressed monochromatically, four steely actors bring sang-froid to the courtroom proceedings.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
Macron then visits Kyiv and praises the "sang-froid" of Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian people.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2022
Sally Rooney’s third novel is very good, covering new territory with characters in their 30s negotiating longer-term relationships, while maintaining the author’s signature sang-froid.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2021
Grave-robbing became an industry, albeit a small one requiring an exceptional degree of sang-froid.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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