bluff
Example Sentences
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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
In demanding that their game be played in August or not at all, USC finally called Notre Dame’s bluff.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Perched on a bluff above the Mississippi River at the University of Minnesota, the museum was a trial run for Bilbao and Disney, without the help of advanced digital tools.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
From the top of the bluff, you can see out over it, over where we drove our feet into oblivion by walking it all.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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