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boast

[bohst] / boʊst /






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But authorities boast that the state has lately become a model for reducing mob mayhem — an assertion that many find suspect.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

"The idea that he would then boast about having won the World Cup if they win does not sit well with me."

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

With just five meetings at the World Cup all-time, it doesn’t boast the long history of legendary grudge matches like Yankees vs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Muse Spark 1.1 is Meta’s first model to boast near-frontier agentic coding capabilities and a paid application-programming interface.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

For myself, I found that I was expressing my tendency to lavish expenditure, and to patronise Herbert, and to boast of my great prospects, before I quite knew that I had opened my lips.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Vinted, which became a unicorn in 2019, reached $8 billion in market valuation in April, and Lithuania now boasts a total of six unicorns.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Cadres seem to think this approach boasts the twin virtues of being relatively easy to execute and potentially shutting up the noisy foreign economists who keep arguing for a Keynesian spending boost for the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The AI cloud market boasts attractive returns on investment, Beck added, as demand for compute capacity continues to outpace supply.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The celebrations have gone far beyond the county in the west of Ireland, which is home to just 137,000 people but boasts some very famous exports.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

It was like the boasts the boys chanted when they wanted to show off.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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