as in gall
shameless boldness
she had the audaciousness to complain when I refused to do her job as well as my own
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Take, for instance, another women’s sports team that had the gall to outperform their male counterparts, the U.S. Women’s National Team.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
6 Aug. 2025 -
People were essentially imprisoned in their homes, yet Newsom had the gall to dine mask-free at French Laundry with lobbyists.—
Houman Hemmati,
Oc Register,
20 July 2025
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The surgery comes with risks, including nerve injury and a loss of range of motion.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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King has been out since mid-May with a nerve impingement near his right (throwing) shoulder.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The failure to heed early warnings from experts like Makary and Bhattacharya—now in positions to reshape federal health policy—underscores the arrogance of it all.—
Houman Hemmati,
Oc Register,
20 July 2025
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One of the habits of being trustworthy is being humble, so when assertiveness tips into arrogance this is a red flag for potential clients.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Martell has long championed freedom, audacity and excellence, and is continuing its cultural journey by shining a spotlight on the people and platforms shaping Afrobeats from within.—
Nkosiyati Khumalo,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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In 1930, in an act of extraordinary audacity, St. Clair even testified against the N.Y.P.D. for corruption.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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That is what makes Operation Spiderweb such a breathtaking combination of chutzpah and expertise.—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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Although some groups are good at ignoring the rules of the game, most of us don’t have that luxury, or that chutzpah.—
Jay Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Wall Street Journal had the effrontery to publish a piece painful to Trump—painful because the truth hurts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Both clever, the younger had the effrontery to be popular and sporty, too.—
Esther Freud,
Vogue,
2 July 2025
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In her caption, Dreyer shared how far she's come in her confidence as a mother since welcoming her oldest son.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is all too much confidence about an unsustainable trend!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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That’s because every time a Chinese company has the temerity to succeed stateside, protectionist impulses within the political and administrative classes get to work on discrediting the company with charges of – yes – espionage.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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In this case, a jealous pope (President Trump) delights in humiliating an upstart bishop (Gov. DeSantis) for having the temerity to challenge his supremacy as Autocrat In Chief.—
Ron Cunningham,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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