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But Kaiser had blustered his way to the top, where he convinced WPB Boss Donald Nelson of the worthiness of his idea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Big, bluff Navy Secretary Frank Knox, who had blustered that the committee's figures on shipping losses were "very seriously off," conceded last week that the committee's figures were approximately correct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Senator Willis, who had blustered so about how he would drag out the Hoover opinions at this hearing, sat silent and brooding while Senator Hawes put most of the questions.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had blustered and complained about Ulbrickson right along with Shorty and Roger, but now that he was alone the bluster faded and the old weight of anxiety and self-doubt settled on him again.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The old gun maker had blustered and roared and forbidden, pounding on his desk with his fist.

From Windy McPherson's Son by Anderson, Sherwood