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[bohst] / boʊst /






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Gone are the days of not decontaminating equipment, leaving the ashes on helmets and jackets, in order to boast of past infernos.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Speeds will reach 50 mph, and the coaster will boast five inversions that will take guests upside down.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Street signs boast of "generations of Egyptian-Chinese friendship flowing like the Nile River", while residents have been warned to plan for substantial traffic delays on their commutes.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Mr. Warrick wonders if this was an empty boast: “His eyes, still dark and vibrant in his eighth decade, revealed nothing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Neither could boast more than a single short garment, held at the waist by a rag of a sash.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The building boasts 55,362 square feet of rentable space, roughly 6,766 per floor.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

Luis Suarez, meanwhile, boasts the third-highest score ever and, as the Fantasy Football Scout points out, he notched a record 55 attacking returns in 2013-14 despite missing the first five games.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

New reports revealed that his frequent boasts about U.S. connections — that he attended Harvard, trained with U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Like him, she boasts an immaculate prose style, a dry wit and a taste for narrative legerdemain.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

And I guess most of his boasts were true: he was always bringing home some book in Latin or Greek with an inscription, saying he had won it for some telling point he had scored.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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