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chutzpa

[hoot-spuh, khoot-] / ˈhʊt spə, ˈxʊt- /




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Hamler said he atoned for his drop because he has that short memory that cornerbacks have and the chutzpa that undrafted, overlooked players possess.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2021

Forgotten, though, is the chutzpa behind them, a chutzpa that has been a gift to a sport that’s prone to vanilla-ness.

From Golf Digest Oct. 18, 2019

Who dares to get inside the very heads of strangers, who has the chutzpa to project thoughts and feelings into the minds of others, who steals their very souls?

From Time Sep. 14, 2016

When Kennedy made that promise, I mean...what chutzpa to do that!

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Uri Yarom, an Israeli helicopter pilot, once gave a classic demonstration of chutzpa when he was dispatched to evacuate an injured sailor from an Israeli freighter in the Mediterranean.

From Time Magazine Archive




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