bluster
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They are lulled into a smug confidence that his threats will always be toothless bluster.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
He argued that while Duterte used "bluster and hyperbole" in his speeches, he also frequently ordered authorities only to shoot in self-defence.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
The tough talk from the White House might be just bluster, but the U.S. stock market sank in Tuesday trading and was on track for its worst loss in two months.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Once, she had seen a haint raise such a bluster on the sidewalk that a living man stumbled as it spun through him, falling hard into the street and nearly getting flattened by a streetcar.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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