bragging
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In his memoir, Blankfein tells the story of a junior wealth adviser leaving the firm shortly after giving a quote to the New York Times, bragging about how much money he was making.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
But bragging about enjoying a hard shell taco nowadays is like showing up to a street takeover in a horse buggy.
From Los Angeles Times • 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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