as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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Recent Examples of vaunted
Instead, seniors Ian Alexion and Grant Darmofal spearheaded the Blue Devils’ vaunted triple-option attack and kept Fairhaven rolling all the way to a Division 6 state title Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
And in 2017, only one year after having helped vaunted Alabama win a national championship as its offensive coordinator, Kiffin was abruptly fired by iconic coach Nick Saban only days before the Crimson Tide attempted to win a second consecutive championship.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
New school textbooks have replaced old ones that vaunted the now-vanquished.
—Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
And in 2017, only one year after having helped vaunted Alabama win a national championship as its offensive coordinator, Kiffin was abruptly fired by iconic coach Nick Saban only days before the Crimson Tide attempted to win a second consecutive championship.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
New school textbooks have replaced old ones that vaunted the now-vanquished.
—Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
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The agency has boasted hiring 153 immigration judges this fiscal year, the most in any year.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
26 May 2026
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The police department boasted speedy service with average response times of 4 minutes and 22 seconds for critical calls and 6 minutes and 59 seconds for routine calls.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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One such post on X received an inordinate amount of attention as one man bragged about masking at the British Museum in London to keep himself healthy and avoid losing points of IQ.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Stadler officials have bragged that MARTA will have the most technologically advanced system in North America.—
Thad Moore,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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