as in boasting
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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The new rules are a continuation of Hegseth’s crackdown on press access and accommodations in the Pentagon — despite often boasting about transparency.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
28 Sep. 2025 -
The film has opened to universal praise, with One Battle boasting a 95 Metacritic score and an A CinemaScore.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Even her mom had let go of her dream of her daughter becoming a nurse, now bragging to her friends that her little girl was working for the NFL.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.—
Billy Ray,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Vaunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunting. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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