bluff

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Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

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

I pull myself to my feet and half-stumble, half-slide my way back down the little bluff into the burned-out settlement.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness