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bluster

[bluhs-ter] / ˈblʌs tər /




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Bluster can be a useful ingredient in foreign policy, but only if means and ends are well integrated.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

"Bluster is not an outcome - bluster is bluster," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2018

Bluster and jokes are pretty typical ways that men get serious points over, but behind it I could detect some genuine concern for my welfare.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2017

Bluster and deep emotion are no substitute for details and drills and perfection in practice.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

Bluster and storm as he might, she was more than the master of her husband, and after one wild outburst he cringed before her.

From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie




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