temerity

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This has created what McElligott described as an asymmetric opportunity for any investor with the temerity to bet on a big rebound.

From MarketWatch

Ms. Takaichi had the temerity to say so in November, and Beijing’s mouthpieces attacked her for it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nora can’t believe he has the temerity to ask her to star in his next work after many years of estrangement.

From The Wall Street Journal

That same year, Life magazine quoted an unnamed member of a symphony orchestra griping that Sinatra actually had the temerity to tell them what tempos he wanted his arrangements played in.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the beginning, many scoffed at the temerity of a peanut farmer and one-term governor running for the highest office in the land.

From Los Angeles Times