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That’s not political puffery, it’s her work ethic and drive.
VOTE BROOKE PINTO FOR WARD 2 COUNCILJOHN GUGGENMOSOCTOBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON BLADERegular readers may recall that we concluded in that race that he had engaged in a bit of résumé puffery, suggesting he had had a top-secret security clearance for longer than five months.
GOP SENATOR FALSELY CLAIMS OPPONENT WAS ENDORSED BY COMMUNIST PARTYGLENN KESSLEROCTOBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAnd yet they say these latter days of ours are distinguished above all else by shameless puffery!
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERAnd yet Spain, in no idle spirit of self-puffery, can boast of this achievement.
THE FEASTS OF AUTOLYCUSELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELLHow I hate the glib rattle of his tongue, the mouldiness of his jests and the transparency of his puffery!
IN THE TRACK OF THE BOOKWORMIRVING BROWNEAmong my experiences of that nauseous ingredient in theatrical life, puffery, some have been amusing enough.
RECORDS OF A GIRLHOODFRANCES ANN KEMBLEIt is, as will be seen, in the nature of a crusade against puffery and hysteria.
MY CONTEMPORARIES IN FICTIONDAVID CHRISTIE MURRAYIt has then exhausted all the dodges of puffery in pumping up an unusual degree of excitement.
CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, NO. 436VARIOUSWe don't expect the likes from you, Emon; and we don't mind that fellow's puffery and pride.
THE CATHOLIC WORLD. VOLUME II; NUMBERS 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.E. RAMEURGenerous enough in his own way with the abundant earnings of his art, Lemaitre declined to pay for puffery.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE VOLUME 15, NO. 89, MAY, 1875VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PUFFERY
- adulation
- applause
- approbation
- blandishment
- blarney
- bootlicking
- cajolery
- commendation
- encomium
- eulogy
- eyewash
- fawning
- flattering
- flummery
- fulsomeness
- gallantry
- gratification
- hokum
- honeyed words
- incense
- ingratiation
- jive
- laud
- mush
- obsequiousness
- palaver
- plaudits
- pretty speech
- puffery
- servility
- smoke
- snow
- snow job
- soft words
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet talk
- sycophancy
- toadyism
- tribute
- truckling
- unctuousness
- advancements
- advances
- advocacies
- aggrandizement
- backings
- betterment
- boosts
- breaks
- breakthroughs
- buildups
- bumps
- elevations
- encouragements
- ennoblement
- exaltations
- favorings
- furtherance
- go-aheads
- hikes
- honors
- improvements
- jump ups
- jumps
- lifts
- move ups
- preferences
- preferment
- prelations
- progress
- raises
- rises
- step ups
- supports
- upgrades
- upgradings
- PR
- advertising
- announcement
- announcing
- attention
- ballyhoo
- big noise
- billing
- blurb
- boost
- broadcasting
- build-up
- clout
- commercial
- currency
- distribution
- fame
- handout
- hoopla
- hype
- ink
- limelight
- noise
- notoriety
- pitch
- plug
- press
- press-agentry
- promo
- promulgation
- propaganda
- public notice
- public relations
- puff
- puffery
- pushing
- release
- report
- réclame
- scratch
- spotlight
- spread
- write-up
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