overconfident
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“I got overconfident a couple times, went, ‘Yep, nope, not good for me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He is comfortably smarmy in the role of an overconfident undergrad at Vassar College who reassures everyone that he is certain to win an important fellowship for the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Damon's Odysseus is stubborn, overconfident and sacrilegious, but doesn't bear that much resemblance to the conniving, hypocritical egotist of lore who fretted over his wife's fidelity," she noted.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
They’re all here, and they have as much overconfident swagger as a plucky young star on the Disney Channel.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Cluny’s only hope was that the mice would become overconfident and eventually make a mistake.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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