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boasted

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past tense of boast

as in bragged

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner

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to have within the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms

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Recent Examples of boasted Still, in the firm’s first formal investor letter this month, Kushner boasted that its second through its 10th funds rank in the top quartile in a key financial performance metric, with several in the top 5%. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 The only show that boasted more major nominations was The Pitt with 12. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026 What about the multiple times that Andrew Tate has boasted pretty explicitly that his posts generate him hundreds of millions of dollars? — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 At the time, Shapiro boasted of a massive data center campus coming to Homer City and another $20 billion Amazon campus in eastern Pennsylvania. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The original Volt boasted a combined range of almost 400 miles. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 In the wake of the most recent rulings, Hoskins has repeatedly boasted about his wins in court. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Interior leaders have also boasted about new funding streams, including revenue from more expensive national-park passes for foreign visitors. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 Trending Video The former layout, typical of Spanish apartments in the 1960s, boasted a kitchen only accessible through a separate entrance. — Belén Afonso, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

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In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.

— Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.

— Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025

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