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- adverb In an
overconfident manner
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Examples
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On Tuesday, John Paulson, who shot to fame on a bet against subprime bets, told investors on a call that he had been wrong on the timing of a recovery and had overconfidently bet that too many stock prices would rise, according to several people who listened in.
New Mexico fund to stick with Paulson for now Reuters 2011
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He tried to pack the Supreme Court with partisan allies and, overconfidently judging the economy recovered, retreated from the New Deal by instituting spending cuts that prompted a fresh economic tailspin.
Sunday Reading 2009
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On Tuesday, John Paulson, who shot to fame on a bet against subprime bets, told investors on a call that he had been wrong on the timing of a recovery and had overconfidently bet that too many stock prices would rise, according to several people who listened in.
New Mexico fund to stick with Paulson for now Reuters 2011
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So when South Ossetian rebels along with Russian commandos in Tskhinvali began their revolt, Putin knew this would cause Saakashvili to react overconfidently, and with great haste.
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I have just come across yet another site that faithfully provides us with Pokorny's work, rather overconfidently named Linguistics Research Center, a site coming from the University of Texas.
Pokorny lives again 2007
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I have just come across yet another site that faithfully provides us with Pokorny's work, rather overconfidently named Linguistics Research Center, a site coming from the University of Texas.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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The third round automatically began the tiring of the aging Listen, who was overconfidently trained to go only two rounds.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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Ridden perhaps a little overconfidently by regular jockey Mike Smith, the 1-5 shot Zenyatta got the job done in the final lunge after Anabaa's Creation, who stalked the deliberate pace of Lethal Heat, got a narrow advantage in deep stretch.
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Ridden perhaps a little overconfidently by regular jockey Mike Smith, the 1-5 shot Zenyatta got the job done in the final lunge after Anabaa's Creation, who stalked the deliberate pace of Lethal Heat, got a narrow advantage in deep stretch.
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But there are still clues about the shooting that don't add up in Elliot's mind, and these get a brief pondering while Nathan overconfidently begins to take on more than the team can handle.
The Trades R.J. Carter 2010
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