as in boasting
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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The 94-year-old media titan has ensured that his vast corporate empire — boasting Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post among other titles — will retain its quintessential conservative identity after his death.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
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Sanders has started to follow in her mother's footsteps by modeling, while also boasting a significant following on social media.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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His team describes their work as meaningful and worth bragging about.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But a homeowner who nabbed a 3% mortgage in the low-interest years might still be bragging about it to the neighbors.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Vaporing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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