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And for any fan of the show — and Wilson’s over-the-top, egotistical Dwight — the lyrics might not be a total surprise.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025 -
In the 1998 episode, Theroux, 53, appears briefly as an egotistical writer who flirts with Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw at a party.—
John Russell,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Tim—sinking into drug abuse and narcissistic despair, as mournful as a donkey in a spa robe—has hovered over The White Lotus like a heavy black cloud.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine guzzling faux-intellectual whose devotion to the acting craft is presented as a vainglorious affectation.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The name is meant to evoke Theodore Roosevelt’s vainglorious 1898 cavalry charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The New York Knicks’ offense in Monday night’s 100-94 Game 2 loss to the Detroit Pistons was egocentric.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The two-time Tony Award nominee is currently treading the boards in the musical adaptation of Death Becomes Her, bringing audiences to their feet eight shows a week as Helen Sharp, the downtrodden author in a forever feud with her frenemy, egocentric actress Madeline Ashton (Megan Hilty).—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The washers contain a large haul of cocaine, which Mia and Charlie are tasked with delivering to the Chinatown hangout of smug young local Triad boss Tsui Fong (Jeremy Ang Jones) to square up a debt.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Drew continues to dutifully poke holes in Brit’s victim narrative, telling the new girl that her smug attitude following Kenya’s firing is alienating.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Feeling hopeless in her quest to stop Crawford and help Delia get her life back, Elsbeth confronts the boastful judge, who is riding high on his rising star and his triumph over her.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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And there were boastful messages about finding a way to get Europe to pay for the operation — but nothing about China, which benefits hugely from the trade passing through the straits near Yemen, including much of its oil imports and its exports to Europe.—
Steven Erlanger,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Isa Briones, who plays the cocky intern Dr. Trinity Santos, remembers Wyle’s note as a kind of challenge.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Reprising the role of the cocky Naval aviator required the bravery of a real fighter pilot.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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But, at a time when the legislative branch has been shamefully supine and the public has been alarmingly complacent, the federal courts represent the last best hope—at least, until the midterm elections—of combatting Trump’s outrages against the Constitution.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Alligators are quite common in Florida, but Spencer urges others not to get complacent.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Orgulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgulous. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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