gloat
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If it outperforms in the year ahead, I’ll gloat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
There is a temptation to gloat, laugh at and mock them, but that may be a trap which further imperil American democracy.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
A woman who lost her home at the start of the year due to coastal erosion has warned visitors to "stay away and don't gloat".
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Loomer, known for her influence over the president, used the moment to gloat about being correct.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
The winner mustn’t gloat; the loser mustn’t be vengeful.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Dr. Fauci gloats to himself about his working relationship with Mr. Trump until late in the spring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Oakland in ’87 was hella wild,” gloats rapper Too Short, the film’s narrator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
After "Live and Let Die" villain Dr. Kananga balloons and explodes from ingesting a gas pellet, Roger Moore's Bond gloats, "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself."
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
In Happiest Season, Alison Brie plays Harper’s uptight older sister Sloane, the type who makes artisanal gift baskets for a living and gloats about how “Goop picked us up.”
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2020
Nicasia gloats through the lesson, proud of her heritage.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Hijacking a Black History Month event on Wednesday, he gloated that, along with the Olympics and the World Cup, “I get the 250th year.”
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hofstra University, better known for its scholarly conferences on presidents, recently convened one to celebrate the life of a baseball player who once gloated about making more money than a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2022
But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
Back in her chair she gloated over the others.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
And so, when Dubai and other parts of the United Arab Emirates were targeted by some 1,400 Iranian missiles and drones over the past several days, the reaction abroad was often gloating and snark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
There was no gloating from John about that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
Three is either a charm or a curse – depending on your point of view – and there are plenty of people gloating or kvetching today.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2024
The Senegalese foreign ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador in Dakar to protest after he posted a Facebook video about Mr Yusov’s gloating comments.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
I remembered the General gloating over Annabeth’s fate.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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