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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

Maybe there was an urge to gloat after the 31-20 triumph, but he resisted.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

From midnight onward, most of the network’s anchors and panelists were still trying to be professional, while also just waiting for the opportunity to safely gloat.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2024

Roy was careful not to gloat or joke about it, or to draw any special attention to himself.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

So gloats the puckish Wanderer, a narrator figure, checking in with the audience partway through the rollicking klezmer musical “Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022

But the voice gloats back, “Urgente,” and Tatica must obey.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Which, as Kimmel gloated that night, he did.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2025

Hofstra University, better known for its scholarly conferences on presidents, recently convened one to celebrate the life of a baseball player who once gloated about making more money than a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

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

Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who poured a lot of time, money, coordination, pressure, and campaigning into the outcome, was understandably gloating following the result.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

And so, when Dubai and other parts of the United Arab Emirates were targeted by some 1,400 Iranian missiles and drones over the past several days, the reaction abroad was often gloating and snark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

Instead of gloating, he actually seemed to understand.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman