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[vawnt, vahnt] / vɔnt, vɑnt /


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European would-be competitors see those as openings to vaunt their own virtues.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

As the climate crisis has grown increasingly dire, many companies have turned to their landscapes to help them hit sustainability targets and vaunt their environmental bona fides.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

When one warrior wins, typically the victory is punctuated by a witty defamatory "vaunt" that signals the champion's prowess and the loser's now-verified inadequacy.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021

Mr Johnson will also be keen to vaunt the success of the vaccines programme and, with the economy improving, project a sense of optimism.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021

Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

He vaunts Neura's order book of over $1 billion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

The province supplements national allocations for children with hundreds of euros more per child and vaunts child-care programs, including one that certifies educators to turn their apartments into small nurseries.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The school’s website vaunts its success in pursuits including karate, biology, chemistry, Arabic, music and Koran recitation.

From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2018

And the Hilton vaunts him as a "dynamic and highly driven individual" with "boundless energy".

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2018

Speech-making, hurrahing, public congratulations, and vaunts of confidence were, as it seemed, avoided as if on purpose.

From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

At the same time, the team’s vaunted defense hasn’t been as scary as everyone imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tampa Bay outplayed New York at every turn, stymieing the Yankees’ lineup and frustrating their vaunted rotation with a relentless offensive attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Colleges and universities have seemed at risk of losing their vaunted place in American society over the past few years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

He sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium cheering and clapping and feeling delighted as the Permian Panthers destroyed the vaunted Midland High Bulldogs.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Was it perhaps because of the energy devoted — admirably — to vaunting its low eco footprint?

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

The government says Greece will now be able to stand on its own two feet, vaunting 1.4% growth in 2017 and a planned return to the markets later this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2018

In the glass-and-iron mini-city of London’s Tobacco Dock, we had Nicola Sturgeon vaunting a progressive Scotland.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2018

In the end, however, the controversy only seemed to stoke interest in the title, vaunting Paramount to the top of the U.S. studio earners in China after a lackluster showing in the country in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2015

But he looked at Christopher and smiled a vaunting smile.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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