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
He hoped to call voters’ bluff after several election cycles in which they had delivered good results to Ms. Le Pen’s party.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
“When we first landed on Penikese, he pulled me ashore and to the top of the bluff there by the pier and said, ‘Where did she live?”’
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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