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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

Cooper Kupp isn’t one to gloat, but his performance against the Rams, his former team, in the NFC championship must have been satisfying for the Seahawks receiver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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

“You come over here now to help or to gloat and scavenge books?”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

“Oakland in ’87 was hella wild,” gloats rapper Too Short, the film’s narrator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

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

My husband doesn’t believe me, and she even gloats about that.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2020

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

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

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

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

“Isn't it fortuitous,” Lady Isobel gloated one night at supper, “that the prince has returned just in time to meet my most beautiful daughter?”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

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

Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.

From Slate ● May 15, 2024

Probably gloating and bragging about the ball game to his friends.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok