bragged

past tense of brag

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Recent Examples of bragged So did his parents, Ramon and Donna Marquez, who along with a couple of aunts, an uncle and a sister, bragged to everyone in their Kauffman Center section about Ryan’s unlikely starring role. Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025 Others noted Epstein bragged about his connections to the rich and the powerful. Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 Trump has long bragged about his cognitive ability, repeatedly offering to take a cognitive exam alongside Biden during the 2024 campaign, and has claimed his rambling is a purposeful speaking style. Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Some users bragged about allegedly assaulting or blackmailing women and encouraged others to insult the women shown in photos with degrading language. Cnn Staff 20 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025 The ones in Lexington bragged about the ability to go home and cook stuff, and the ones in Louisville — their rooms didn’t have that ability. Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025 Though Musk initially bragged the truck would retail at only $39,900 when it was expected to hit the market in late 2021, the Cybertruck faced years of delays, debuting in November 2023 with a price tag of $60,990. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 What is not consistent with Kraft’s narrative is the notion that Carter bragged about the shuttle to Brezhnev and then felt compelled to follow through with the shuttle’s development for this reason. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024 Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath. Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bragged
boasted
Verb
  • The company boasted results that pointed to Chili’s consistent traffic and sales performance, and also guided its fiscal year 2026 earnings per share estimates slightly above analysts’ expectations, according to FactSet.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His last iteration boasted appearances from Nicki Minaj, John Cena, Snoop Dogg, Lil Uzi Vert, GloRilla, and plenty others.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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