bluff
Example Sentences
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Even accounting for bluster, bluff, and negotiation tactics, it’s an extraordinary statement from any world leader, let alone a U.S. president, to make.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
As Leavitt told us Wednesday, the president doesn’t bluff.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
Mr. Paxton immediately said he won’t quit, and while that could be a bluff, he doesn’t lack ego.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
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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