chutzpah
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Putting aside the chutzpah of the bootstrapping, it’s not clear that the court is wrong.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Say what you like about Elon Musk, you have to give him credit for his vision and his chutzpah.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
He added: "Nigel Farage has chutzpah to return to the stage and say 'things are disastrous, and I'm the person to fix it'."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Four years later, he had enough arriviste chutzpah to run for state governor as the candidate for the Liberty Union Party—a leftist Vermont grouping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
In solo climbing the whole enterprise is held together with little more than chutzpah, not the most reliable adhesive.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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