hutzpah
Britishnoun
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Doing so takes, my friends in the north-east might say, “hutzpah”.
From The Guardian
This hutzpah, of course, results in a raise.
From The Guardian
Well, Zaentz did possess an outsize personality whose chutzpah and charm — or, depending on your pronunciation, hutzpah and harm — matched those of the old moguls.
From Time
Given the amount of work it takes to gather all the parts to builds system from scratch, we’re pretty impressed by people’s hutzpah and enthusiasm about the idea of having a windowfarm.
From Forbes
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