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Recent Examples of self-glorifying
And it could be accelerated by the continued rise of angry, resentful, self-glorifying nationalism in many countries.
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Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2022
Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2022
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Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2024
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, the small army of senior executives with make-work jobs and self-important titles, who add little to nothing to build Hearst’s brands, apparently made it through today relatively unscathed.Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Finally, someone is standing up and holding the fat, middle-aged White reporter accountable, and there’s nobody in the world that dislikes it less to be held accountable than the fat, middle-aged, White, self-important columnist at a newspaper.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
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João Franco Photo: Bravo/Mark Rogers/Bravo Deckhand/Bosun Below Deck Mediterranean Seasons 3-4 — 2nd Officer/Bosun Below Deck Down Under Season 2 — Why can’t someone knock the smug look off of this deckie turned bosun’s face?Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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But the second half becomes increasingly generic conspiracy stuff, leading to a two-part conclusion that’s more smug and sanctimonious than the preceding action can justify.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
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Stan would’ve played Joe Alwyn’s role, Harry Lee Van Buren, the pompous son of Guy Pearce’s moneyed industrialist who exploits Adrien Brody’s Jewish-Hungarian architect.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
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What began earlier in Iannucci’s career as simply skewering pompous politicians has matured into an examination of what happens when leaders with feet of mud let their egos make decisions that will change the lives of millions.Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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When turnover is low, poor managers blend in with good ones, and even previously effective managers may grow complacent, neglecting employee motivation and productivity.Christine Michel Carter, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Investors growing complacent The U.S. is home to trillion-dollar companies.Ron Insana, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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While the palace guards congratulate and pet Weasel and treat him as a hero for saving the country, Nina’s death is pointless and in vain.Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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Any suggestion that the disaster — which has already killed two people, destroyed about 1,000 structures and caused 70,000 people to be placed under an evacuation order — would lead to a moment of national unity was in vain.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Self-glorifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-glorifying. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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