as in boasts
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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Colossus Harbor is more than double the size of the original bakery, with a full restaurant and superette that boasts a rack of grab-and-go bread and shelves lined with pantry products, books, merch and bottles of wine.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
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The People’s Republic already boasts the largest fleet of civilian research vessels, earning criticism from western China hawks.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Faith brags about being a social-media coordinator who lives in Murray Hill, and Grace responds to her sister’s slights about marrying into money by grilling her about her own boyfriend’s finance career.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Trump often brags that jobs are going to people born in the United States, rather than to immigrants.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Vaunts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunts. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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