blustered

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From the moment he blustered his way onto the political stage, Donald Trump defied expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Johnson blustered on until Sunday night, when it became clear he couldn’t count on the party’s right wing for support.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022

“It’s not a trick question,” Mr. Poe blustered.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2021

It shows a violent blast of wind, and streaks of rain, beating a dun-colored landscape, as if a summer thunderstorm had missed its cue in June and blustered in six months later.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2020

Both songs blustered of freedom; but both were sung to the same tune.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson