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Noun
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Noboa's blend of populist bravado, aggressive security policies, and alignment with brash Trumpian politics has positioned him, at 37, as a formidable figure in Latin America's shifting landscape.—
Jesus Mesa,
Newsweek,
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Every aspect is generously suffused with the kind of over-the-top bravado that survivalists, explorers, and Mad Max fans alike would enjoy.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2025
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
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That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Sep. 2023
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The guy the American masses met in 2009 had already worked out a sound, approaching the sad-robot pop of Ye’s 808s & Heartbreak from the chilly arrogance of boardroom Jay. Hip-hop heads didn’t always respect the swing of the pendulum, though.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Sheer arrogance, headed straight for the trash can, unopened.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Feb. 2025
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There’s a lot of euphoria and triumphalism right now among Trump supporters, and even among Trump-skeptical conservatives.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
11 Feb. 2025
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This and other trends have fed official Russian triumphalism that the country will ultimately outlast the West, at least in economic terms.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Silvia’s braggadocio wins her the attention of a heartthrob named Diego (Agustín Sosa) — and the wrath of local beauty Natalia (Dolores Oliverio), who has always believed that Diego was hers.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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Social media is Trump’s territory, and its norms—insults without consequence, braggadocio, and flame wars—line up neatly with his way of doing politics.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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That seamy swagger of Jack Nicholson as über-dirtbag Randle McMurphy in Cuckoo’s Nest could have been shot here yesterday.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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The crude visuals showcase the wrestler's early style and swagger, very different from his style today (not to mention the '90s-era graphics).—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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The country will be served another helping of his bombast for the next four years.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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In many ways, the letter that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s criminal defense lawyers sent to the Justice Department this week was a display of legal and political bombast.—
Alan Feuer,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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