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Recent Examples of chest-thumping
That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-thumping across social-media platforms.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
And then there is the chest-thumping.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Abbott’s campaign bank balance is a chest-thumping number that dwarfs any other candidate’s fundraising figures for the latter half of 2025.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2021, DeSantis’ speeches became more declarative, full of chest-thumping about how Florida was the greatest, freest state.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Not the loud, chest-thumping kind, but the quiet sort that turned the Nets from a punchline into a problem.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Zscaler’s volume—half a trillion transactions a day—isn’t just chest-thumping.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
And then there is the chest-thumping.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Abbott’s campaign bank balance is a chest-thumping number that dwarfs any other candidate’s fundraising figures for the latter half of 2025.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2021, DeSantis’ speeches became more declarative, full of chest-thumping about how Florida was the greatest, freest state.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Not the loud, chest-thumping kind, but the quiet sort that turned the Nets from a punchline into a problem.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Zscaler’s volume—half a trillion transactions a day—isn’t just chest-thumping.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chest-thumping
Noun
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Money and jealousy are the root of the play’s evils, with more deadly sins released in a world of posh, uppity arrogance.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In a study with 355 participants, the authors narrowed their list to 16 warning signs that predicted violence that occurred within six months — many of them having to do with entitlement, arrogance, control and emotional immaturity.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Perhaps this means that resistance to hype is not snobbery but identity management—a need for differentiation that gets triggered when a person believes their autonomy is under threat.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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So much of your career, especially early on, has been about pushing into these spaces that were traditionally closed off due to race, age, or artistic snobbery.—
Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The conflict in the Middle East has weighed on gold prices, with surging oil and gas prices raising expectations of an inflation spike across economies that will lead to a bout of interest rate hikes.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Investors are now bracing for the war to last for some time, which would likely set off inflation in global markets and could stunt Asia's economic growth.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Your challenge has everything to do with balancing your desire for self-assertion with patience.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Jupiter in Cancer amplifies emotional truth, memory, and the need for safety, while Chiron in Aries exposes wounds around identity, courage, and self-assertion.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.—
Sharon Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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But what scanned like sardonic pomposity was actually a reflection of the regard in which the Duruttis were held by their label.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Chest-thumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chest-thumping. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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