brag
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They don’t brag about their money, don’t ask what we earn, don’t make us feel poor.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
“The brag for me is the stability of it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"To the thief: we don't fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have, we just wish you obtained it the honourable way."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
Frankly, our ancestors don’t seem much to brag about, I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
“The exact thing that he brags about is now an indictment on him,” Hinojosa told me in an August interview.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
To this day, he brags about getting kicked out of casinos all over the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Nobody brags about water stocks at cocktail parties — that’s how you know they might actually work.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
ABC brags that it’s the only fall show to increase its overall audience for six consecutive weeks post-season premiere since 1991, when Nielsen started using electronic measurement.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 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
Johnson claimed that Kean had addressed the matter “appropriately” and bragged about texting the Republican to tell him, “We’re in your corner and we’re behind you 100%.”
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Prenda principal John L. Steele even bragged publicly that Prenda had made nearly $15 million with its lawsuits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
She bragged that she had people who would do anything for her.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
He bragged about how he had gone all the way to New Orleans.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
It’s the battle for bragging rights as Kennedy faces Granada Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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
It was like they saw it as bragging, like ‘Ugh, fine, we get it, you’re educated.’
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
I had to stand next to Miri, who kept bragging about the gold cross necklace her parents had given her that morning.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
Vocabulary lists containing brag
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