braggadocio
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Braggadocio takes you far in politics or business; jocks, however, have to prove it in sweat.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023
When an editor named Braggadocio posits that Mussolini didn’t actually die in 1945, but lived a shadowy and influential existence for decades afterward, the book turns darker and knottier.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2015
Braggadocio has always been a valuable commodity for a rapper to possess, but talking to these three artists, it is clear they all have confidence in common.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2010
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch promptly editorialized deploring the loss, hoping post offices in Missouri would not be discontinued at Huzzah, Ink, Useful, Novelty, Peculiar, Wisdom, Ponder, Aid, Braggadocio.
From Time Magazine Archive
Braggadocio had slipped from Beechy like a garment the instant he recognized Courtlandt's voice.
From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker
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