braggart
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While previous owners had acknowledged Malört’s taste with ad copy calling it a “challenge to the braggart who says ‘I can drink anything,’” CH Distillery initially considered more positive takes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He comes across as an insecure braggart in the indictment, a man desperate to cling to his status after an embarrassing fall from power.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2023
"He was just some braggart saying, 'I'm D.B. Cooper,' you know?"
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
Sonny Barger, 83, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, died Wednesday at his home in California.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Those people have now got me down for a braggart and a liar.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Service to fellow wine lovers is clearly key in r/wine—a refreshing change from platforms like Instagram, where bottle-shot braggarts abound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Rodell's team found similar results when surveying an additional 218 real-life employees about their experiences with stress braggarts.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
“He just did not suffer fools, braggarts, or idiots well.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2020
As Malcolm Gladwell recently pointed out, Harry Enfield’s 80s character Loadsa Money quickly got co-opted by the aspirational braggarts he was lampooning.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2017
This is the moment, Your Highness, that you might as well reveal our plan to all of the noble sneaks, eaves-droppers, braggarts, blowhards, and backstabbers who surround your throne.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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