as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth
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That class was, at the time, the highest rated in the history of 247Sports and boasted a ludicrous eight five-star signees.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026 -
The one reliable starter the Giants had boasted this season — Landen Roupp — allowed eight earned runs on Monday.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Andrew openly discussed bribing law-enforcement officials in War Room chats, and bragged on social media about his connections.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The center bragged for months about robust private donations, but Floca said in a court filing this spring that the number was in the tens of millions, not more than $100 million.—
Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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“Vapored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapored. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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