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aplomb
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    Yes, it was she talking, with her customary aplomb, breaking his heart in the drugstore.†  (source)
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    The Soviet leader is the dashing JFK's polar opposite in appearance and aplomb.†  (source)
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    Boris was the only person I'd told, in Vegas, how my mother had died — information that to his credit he'd accepted with aplomb; his own life had been so erratic and violent that he didn't seem all that shocked by the story.†  (source)
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    It wasn't Seivarden's fault if she had reacted badly in a situation that few (if any) seventeen-yearolds could have handled with aplomb.†  (source)
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    She stood in the middle of the room in a neon green minidress, leather valise at her feet, with her auburn hair and long limbs, grinning down at me, a shine on her face, and talking, the seams of her voice bursting with aplomb and cheer.†  (source)
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    She passed a dog walker who handled a brace of elegant gold hounds with the steady aplomb of a seasoned droid.†  (source)
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    Always mature for her age, she had gained a certain aplomb in both carriage and conversation, which made her seem more of a woman of the world than she was, but her old petulance now and then showed itself, her strong will still held its own, and her native frankness was unspoiled by foreign polish.†  (source)
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    "There is nothing to be afraid of," she said with genuine aplomb.†  (source)
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    And here, before them, stood a man inducing seizures every so often with remarkable aplomb.†  (source)
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    Larry juggled my complex visiting schedule with cruise-director aplomb.†  (source)
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    With admirable aplomb, the gladiator merely tossed the shield aside.†  (source)
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    He smiled weakly, lit a cigarette himself, which was a mistake, if he intended to indicate aplomb.†  (source)
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    Clara picked up the broken pieces of tureen with her usual aplomb, not showing any sign that she was listening to the stream of curses issuing from Esteban's lips.†  (source)
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