toot
verb (used without object)
(of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Ontario's Government has been tooting its trumpet in the British Isles for years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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