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was bragging

  • past progressive
    of brag.
    brag
    verb (used without object)
    to use boastful language; boast.

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Before leaving the company in May to join the administration, as recently as February, Bisignano was bragging to Wall Street investors about the company’s stellar performance and its great outlook.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

In an interview with the Atlantic published this week, Trump was bragging about his effect.

From Slate ● May 3, 2025

He was bragging, of course, on an insecure network that according to what I have read uses “open-source privacy technology.”

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

Nobody actually tracks such stuff for official records, but the Kraken entering Monday on pace for a 16-point drop and the Devils a 24-point tumble wasn’t something either was bragging about.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

I knew he was bragging about my dogs.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls