blower
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blowhard, boaster, brag, braggadocio, braggart, bragger, cockalorum, cracker [chiefly dialect], gascon, gasconader, swaggerer, vaunter
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The whistle-blower lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, claims Walmart issued misleading results. — Bloomberg.com, "Walmart Whistle-Blower Suit Renews Fears About Amazon Battle," 16 Mar. 2018 But the men with the blowers came through quickly just before 2 p.m., blasting the blue and gold confetti into nice little piles to be picked up by the street sweepers. — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, "Warriors bask in latest title parade, but future championships are hardly promised," 12 June 2018 Fall is coming, which means leaf blowers, back to school, and, of course, new iPhones. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "What to Expect From Apple's 2018 iPhone Event," 5 Sep. 2018 The whistle-blower also explained that clothing and fashion preferences are some of the leading indicators of political preferences. — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, "Cambridge Analytica Targeted L.L. Bean and Wrangler Customers in the 2016 Presidential Election," 30 Nov. 2018 Are the whistle-blowers who were still working at the end of filming in their jobs now? — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, "Crime + Punishment," 22 Aug. 2018 Instead Armstrong conceded, not only to the government but to Floyd Landis, his former teammate who initiated the federal fraud complaint as a whistle-blower in 2010. — Juliet Macur, New York Times, "For Lance Armstrong, Backing Down Might Have Hurt More Than Paying $5 Million," 20 Apr. 2018 The sound of snow blowers and shovels scraping on sidewalks, driveways and door stoops could be heard in most neighborhoods. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Spring storm brings ice and snow to Milwaukee and eastern Wisconsin," 15 Apr. 2018 Veterans are still waiting The furor over VA health care exploded in 2014 when whistle blowers in Arizona divulged that thousands of patients were backlogged at the Phoenix veterans hospital, and some of them had died awaiting care. — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, "Veterans Affairs failures go beyond ousted secretary David Shulkin," 29 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blower.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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