brag
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“I lived this when there wasn’t a way to brag about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Nick Florko doesn’t want to brag or anything, but more than a year ago he wrote an article that has come to seem prescient.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Your column, appropriately so for its purpose, focuses heavily on financial literacy, and some of your writers brag about how savvy they are.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
The Justice Department’s announcement came with a brag: They are “pursuing the highest volume of denaturalization referrals in history.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
“False modesty is your worst fault, big brother. You’ve got to learn to enjoy bragging. I love to brag. I just don’t have anything to brag about.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
He now brags that his daughter has a “high-powered direct report” assisting her at work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Nobody brags about water stocks at cocktail parties — that’s how you know they might actually work.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
Bears competition seems nowhere near its end, with the ranking brags continuing on social media and campus websites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
“I’m going to signal you every time Dovie Mansfield brags about something.”
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
The federal attorneys said the Tates had access to resources that could help fund an escape and they had bragged about having multiple passports.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Most of the people that travel the interstate have been in here. I mean, back in the heyday or whatever, we counted—one day, we had 86 people,” he bragged.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In a lengthy second post, Trump bragged about steps he has taken to beautify Washington, including resurfacing the bottom of the Reflecting Pool with an "American flag blue" coating used in swimming pools.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president bragged of his experience building “more than 100 pools,” explaining, “I have some really good pool builders.”
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Papa bragged to everyone in the village of his skillful daughter.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
They say they are mainly driven by the adrenaline rush, tradition and, of course, the bragging rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Davis’ lawyers will seek to portray him as a fabricator — his bragging is all fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Joining the fight for Premier League bragging rights are Manchester United, majority-owned by US family the Glazers and Chelsea, whose ownership group is headed by American Todd Boehly.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
She added: "He posted on social media videos essentially bragging he was in Brazil."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
I tried to make myself sound mature, but there was a tinge of bragging in my voice because my mother wanted me and not him.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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