bragging
Example Sentences
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The winner gets more than bragging rights, as data shows that the first IPOs in “industry clusters” tend to outform later ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Competition—for capital, a record valuation, or good old-fashioned bragging rights—is the other factor.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Winning the FA Cup would turn down the noise, secure European qualification and offer bragging rights - but many of the deeper cracks will likely take years to fix.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
It’s hard to imagine his administration being competent enough to fake such actions without at least one conspiracist letting the secret out, even by drunkenly bragging about it to a would-be mistress.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
But he could also remember Josie bragging once when they were reading Pippi Longstocking in school, “I’m kind of like Pippi! I’m kind of raising myself!”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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