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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Today, tech stocks are a key driving force within the S&P 500, while boasting nine out of the top 10 most valuable companies by market capitalization.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026 -
A lot of horsepower is on display at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show with several cars boasting more than 1,000 hp, but one stands above all the others.—
Anastasiia Riddle,
Freep.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Hate on Rocky for being the kind of overconfident talker who never seems to know when to stop bragging.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
19 Jan. 2026
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He has been caught slurring speech, seemingly falling asleep during meetings and bragging about taking the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, used to test for dementia, multiple times.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Vaunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunting. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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