gloat
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Similarly, in “Spirited Away,” when Chihiro finally wins freedom for herself and her parents, she doesn’t gloat at Yubaba but affectionately calls her “granny” as she leaves.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
If it outperforms in the year ahead, I’ll gloat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
He didn’t gloat when coaches dutifully dropped to the court to pay the push-up price.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
In some cases, those who took to social media to gloat over his death or post comments that caused offence have been fired or placed on leave by employers.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
“Why? So you can gloat about how you guessed?”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Dr. Fauci gloats to himself about his working relationship with Mr. Trump until late in the spring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“He even gloats, ‘The gods are shining on me today,’ little knowing that he is as out of his depth as River was and is about to meet his demise,” writes Smith in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
After "Live and Let Die" villain Dr. Kananga balloons and explodes from ingesting a gas pellet, Roger Moore's Bond gloats, "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself."
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
The CIA history all but gloats about crossing this threshold.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2020
Nicasia gloats through the lesson, proud of her heritage.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2022
But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
Barr is a smart guy, but I watched him laughing and applauding along with everyone else in that room while Trump gloated his way through that self-indulgent monologue.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2022
“She even had her ‘bestie,’ the actor Hugh Sheridan, doing radio interviews on breakfast FM on Friday morning, during which he gloated about introducing the women to each other six months ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket’s jealous dismay.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
I won’t join in the gloating of some critics at the hundreds who have lost their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
There was no gloating from John about that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
Three is either a charm or a curse – depending on your point of view – and there are plenty of people gloating or kvetching today.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2024
Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
The more he attempted to focus on the print on the page before him, the more clearly the Prime Minister could see the gloating face of one of his political opponents.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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