bravado

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Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said that for all Ghalibaf’s strongman bravado, he has skirted political risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Hegseth’s bravado has also been caricatured on “Saturday Night Live,” which opened two weeks in a row with a satirical portrayal of him as angry, dimwitted and hyped up on the violence of war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

But he criticised Hegseth's "brashness, the bravado, the bulldozing of questions" in briefings.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

But his dismissive posture toward the rupture in the friendship—what breech and what betrayal?—was obviously only a bravado pose.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis