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Noun
  • Mexico’s Riviera Maya News agency said a 40-year-old man died in the city of Zacatecas’ First Balloon Festival on Sunday morning when a hot air balloon preparing to carry three passengers broke free of its tether and began to rise.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
  • There's even a whole to-do with Jon Hamm checking in from — wait for it — the inside of a hot air balloon!
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • While some may view these new statements as a step toward accountability, others remain skeptical, citing the depth and repeated nature of his past rhetoric.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 May 2025
  • In her public rhetoric, mostly on social media and right-wing media appearances, Lake has veered between promising to restore the networks to their historic mission and pledging to demolish them.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024 I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Much of the chatter leading up to the series has centered around the reception Soto will receive from the Yankees faithful.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
  • The lounges sway to their usual rhythm of excited chatter, clinking glasses and former players recalling their eras.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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“Fanfaronade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanfaronade. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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