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Three middle-age blowhards (a supercilious retired soldier, a dull canon and the puffed-up owner of a river bathhouse) vie for the affections of a comely magician's assistant, who seems open to dalliances despite a relationship with her milquetoast employer (wonderfully underplayed by Mr. Menzel).
WSJ: Pearls of the Czech New Wave | Before the Spring Was Gone | By David Mermelstein
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It also reflects a supercilious attitude toward U.S. security interests that is utterly incompatible with prudent and responsible defense policy.
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Dominic Grieve, whom Mr Cameron hurriedly (perhaps too hurriedly) appointed in Mr Davis's stead, is a sometimes supercilious-seeming barrister.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
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An English couple Alex Joyce (George Sanders), a cynical, supercilious businessman, and his sensitive, cultured wife, Katherine (Bergman) arrive in Naples to deal with an inheritance.
NEWYORKER: Voyage to Italy
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Moreover, accusing China of becoming more intimidating must be taken as a subjective (if not supercilious) perception.
FORBES: Readers Respond to Forbes Asia
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Mrs Hatton, who is adamant she will not pay the fee until ordered to do so by a tribunal, called the fine "totally unreasonable" and said the council was "supercilious".
BBC: Essex