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Recent Examples of chest-thumping
Harris’ fortunes improved dramatically following Trump’s six-hour rally at Madison Square Garden, a chest-thumping extravaganza that the bettors reckoned would antagonize female voters on the fence.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Matthew Rhys, in his brief moments, gives George Carlin a chest-thumping, confrontational machismo.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
An eighth-inning throwing error from right-hander Blake Treinen allowed the Diamondbacks to tie the score and former Dodger Joc Pederson hit a chest-thumping home run in the ninth to give Arizona a 5-4 lead.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 2 July 2024
Asian countries sometimes recoil at the American tendency to frame its support for democracy in chest-thumping, even messianic terms.
—Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2024
Located beneath a tangle of freeway overpasses, the park reverberated with chest-thumping music and speeches amplified extra loud to drown out the roar of overhead traffic.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The chest-thumping challenges from both men appeared to speak to a new form of macho aggression in a culture more associated with cutthroat industry practices than hand-to-hand violence.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Matthew Rhys, in his brief moments, gives George Carlin a chest-thumping, confrontational machismo.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
An eighth-inning throwing error from right-hander Blake Treinen allowed the Diamondbacks to tie the score and former Dodger Joc Pederson hit a chest-thumping home run in the ninth to give Arizona a 5-4 lead.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 2 July 2024
Asian countries sometimes recoil at the American tendency to frame its support for democracy in chest-thumping, even messianic terms.
—Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2024
Located beneath a tangle of freeway overpasses, the park reverberated with chest-thumping music and speeches amplified extra loud to drown out the roar of overhead traffic.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The chest-thumping challenges from both men appeared to speak to a new form of macho aggression in a culture more associated with cutthroat industry practices than hand-to-hand violence.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chest-thumping
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Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
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Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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That Offer Specialty Sips and Stunning Views On a roll, the next stop was Lupo for happy hour — a bright Italian joint that felt swanky without snobbery.Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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However, inflation, despite dropping from its 9.1 percent peak in mid-2022, has not declined as anticipated.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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After the trade wars of Trump’s first administration, the shutdown of the pandemic and hectic restart and rush of inflation that followed, fashion has gotten used to being quick on its feet.Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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This self-assertion can also subtly influence how your manager perceives you.Mark Murphy, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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The full moon in your sign on Oct. 17 brings the focus back to your independence and personal goals, signaling a moment of release and self-assertion.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Critics sometimes faulted his performances for pomposity.Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense.Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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There was a kind of a snobbism about it.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
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Of course, culture shock works the other way around, too, and the image of Southerners who venture to the cold, bitter North for college only to be met by cultural snobbism and insulting assumptions about their identities is itself a stereotype.Nicole LaPorte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
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With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Academy Award-winning actress, known for her fierce talent and daunting hauteur, boasts a career spanning 60 years.Ian Malone, Vogue, 16 July 2024
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Kenny said investigators were looking into an accident that injured Mangione's back and sent him to an emergency room in July 2023 and were studying his writings about his disdain for the U.S. health care system.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Since that time, Musk has repeatedly expressed his disdain for the SEC.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Chest-thumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chest-thumping. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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