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A former intern of mine had flaunted the plaything during a protest when the then-presidential candidate appeared at the Anaheim Convention Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2021

In a 29 November letter to GAO, DOE’s acting general counsel, John Lucas, essentially admits that the department had flaunted the law.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2017

Mr. Havelange had flaunted his power the previous December when he took revenge on Pelé, soccer’s most famous athlete and its most recognizable figure in the United States.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2016

But Gordon said that he had flaunted the accomplishment, turning Eris into “an anonymous character in anecdotes I’d tell people to brag”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2016

When Tollman's delirium had burned him into a temporary exhaustion he collapsed into a chair and at his feet, forgotten now, fell the envelope which he had flaunted vainly before the eyes of the transgressors.

From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul