posturing

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Helen McDade, one of Reform's 17 new MSPs, called for other parties to stop "posturing".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Bragging, threatening, and posturing are all frowned upon.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

In a “risk-on” market, investors rush to buy up stocks that had been especially beaten down during prior bouts of defensive posturing, noted Cantor Fitzgerald’s C.J.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“There’s a lot of posturing of, ‘We want to seem like a leader in federal AI adoption,’” one said.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Sometimes dogs clear across the kennel will hold their bones up in the air, look at each other, raise their hair, and start growling at each other, posturing and bragging about their bones.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen