gloating

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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

Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Panic and gloating go viral; reality-based exposition doesn’t.

From Slate • May 15, 2024

"The voices are gloating at the trouble they have got him into here," he said.

From BBC • May 8, 2024

And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich and warm and lovely, glowing and gloating and triumphant.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck