bravado

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Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said that for all Ghalibaf’s strongman bravado, he has skirted political risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Hegseth’s bravado has also been caricatured on “Saturday Night Live,” which opened two weeks in a row with a satirical portrayal of him as angry, dimwitted and hyped up on the violence of war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

But he criticised Hegseth's "brashness, the bravado, the bulldozing of questions" in briefings.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The condemned pilots, with their lust for the life and love which is probably to be lost so soon, touch the hearts of young women, or possibly call up an answering bravado.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White