bluff
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Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
On Wednesday afternoon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “President Trump does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell.”
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
As Leavitt told us Wednesday, the president doesn’t bluff.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
One Baltimorean called the mayor’s bluff with a photo of a parking space secured by an entire living room set—couch, matching chair and coffee table—asking: “What you got to say now?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
From the bluff, I could see our place, a field of corn torn up, the hay rising up, fields of corn growing green in the sun.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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