grandiose
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His threats and boasts are laced with grandiose language and delivered in a booming, British-accented voice.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
The fight for new capital saps investment from other sectors, while meeting increasingly grandiose ambitions requires more computing power, which in turn demands more energy, which stokes energy price increases, and so on.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
"The grandiose promises of destroying Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran are not coming true," said Dahlia Scheindlin, a Policy Fellow at the Mitvim Institute, a think tank focused on Israeli foreign policy.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Mr. Sokolov styles his work as an homage to 1970s grindhouse cinema, complete with cheesy sound effects, slo-motion, and grandiose musical cues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Such grandiose declarations were commonplace during Ceaujescu’s reign, for his master plan—to create a nation worthy of the New Socialist Man—was an exercise in grandiosity.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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