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In an often luxury-filled environment, there used to be somewhat of a stigma surrounding wearing mid-tier brands, but it’s now more of a flex to say your low-rise cargo pants are from J. Crew than it is to say you’re wearing a Prada backpack, it’s a bragging right [for consumers] to say you’re on trend and within budget. – Chloe Baffert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Russia is deliberately bragging they can destroy with nuclear weapons, not only a certain country but the entire planet, we have to ensure this sacred month of Ramadan is not overshadowed by the misery of people in Ukraine. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
One always blamed the other, if you talked to Sherman McCrary, Sherman McCrary would say it was Carl who was the main guy while he was just along for the ride. But if you talked to Carl, it was the opposite. But I never really heard any kind of remorse. There was a lot of bragging, sidestepping and excuses. But there was never a moment of ‘ I ’m sorry, I do n’t know what came over me, I feel bad for the families and the victims. ’ There was never anything like that. – Trooper Entertainment -RRB- Fanciulli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He [ MBS ] told him [ MBN ], I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It's enough for me just to shake hands with him and he will be done, that what he say. Whether he's just bragging or, but he said that and we took it seriously. – Saad Aljabri	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Both parties want the bragging rights of a winner in Virginia. And if McAuliffe loses, that's going to scare some Democrats on the fence on the Biden agenda. – Stephen Farnsworth	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Donald Trump is still going to be around. The wannabes will be around. The Republican Party is the Party of Trump now, we need to learn some of the lessons from Donald Trump. Nobody ever says,' Oh, Obama shouldn't have done so much his first two years.' No, forget that, we should be overwhelming people with action and then bragging about it, holding people's feet to the fire. – Kelly Dietrich	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Take the time to focus on what you authored to showcase your authority over just bragging about being an author to build your popularity and engagement. – Loren Weisman	added by anonymous 3 years ago
Instead of hypocritical displays of compassion and repulsive bragging, you should end your economic and medical terrorism so that medicine and medical supplies can reach medical staff and the Iranian people, we do not need American doctors. – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was nice of her to come on...my sister and I winning the same tournament, it's pretty special. I've got bragging rights now, so it's even better. – Min Woo Lee	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it ... It sounds horrible to me. – President Trump	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. Joe Biden went around bragging that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it. ... It sounds horrible to me. – President Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Joe Biden went around bragging that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it... It sounds horrible to me. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I would like you to do us a favor, there's a lot of talk about Biden's son. That Biden stopped the prosecutions and a lot of people want to find out about That Biden, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. That Biden went around bragging that That Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it. ... It sounds horrible to me. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The EPA should not be bragging about cutting vital safeguards for our air, water and climate. Going above and beyond Trump's arbitrary benchmark is not an achievement, it only proves that Andrew Wheeler couldn't care less about the health and safety of those Andrew Wheeler is supposed to protect. – Matthew Gravatt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
He never wanted to talk about his time in the war because he thought he was bragging, why are you doing this, hed say. Im not a big deal. – Beth Regan	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Warner Brothers wants to keep Bradley Cooper, who just had this incredibly auspicious directorial debut, in the fold, and if they get those Oscars, then it's bragging rights for them. – Kyle Buchanan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
So, if somebody's been bragging about this, somebody's seen this wagon, seen a generator and some folks who are talking about a tunnel, certainly give us a call. – Special Agent Michael D. Leverock	Found on CNN 5 years ago
For me, it's more for bragging rights, to be perfectly honest. – Louie Ching	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Mitch McConnell ca n’t have it both ways. Mitch McConnell spends all of his time bragging to Mitch McConnell base that they’ve confirmed more judges than anyone else and now Mitch McConnell’s saying they have n’t confirmed enough. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
They came back to the party shortly after midnight bragging that they had shot up Pinewood Elementary School. – Marysville Police Department	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
You play for bragging rights, we want to be the best in the city. – Jose Vasquez	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I think he was the only kid in school that we could beat up, you know, I'm not bragging about this. This is terrible. I was a stupid kid, I didn't want to beat him up. – Matthew Perry	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Millennial travelers are attracted to fun, fast-paced adventures that often start at the top of the bucket list, we often hear they areaiming to claim the bragging right of stepping foot on all seven continents before they turn 30. – Todd Smith	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It's not so surprising with an event of this nature that someone would be out there bragging. – Saulo Moura da Cunha	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

In an often luxury-filled environment, there used to be somewhat of a stigma surrounding wearing mid-tier brands, but it’s now more of a flex to say your low-rise cargo pants are from J. Crew than it is to say you’re wearing a Prada backpack, it’s a bragging right [for consumers] to say you’re on trend and within budget.

– Chloe Baffert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Russia is deliberately bragging they can destroy with nuclear weapons, not only a certain country but the entire planet, we have to ensure this sacred month of Ramadan is not overshadowed by the misery of people in Ukraine.

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

One always blamed the other, if you talked to Sherman McCrary, Sherman McCrary would say it was Carl who was the main guy while he was just along for the ride. But if you talked to Carl, it was the opposite. But I never really heard any kind of remorse. There was a lot of bragging, sidestepping and excuses. But there was never a moment of ‘ I ’m sorry, I do n’t know what came over me, I feel bad for the families and the victims. ’ There was never anything like that.

– Trooper Entertainment -RRB- Fanciulli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He [ MBS ] told him [ MBN ], I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It's enough for me just to shake hands with him and he will be done, that what he say. Whether he's just bragging or, but he said that and we took it seriously.

– Saad Aljabri

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Both parties want the bragging rights of a winner in Virginia. And if McAuliffe loses, that's going to scare some Democrats on the fence on the Biden agenda.

– Stephen Farnsworth

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Donald Trump is still going to be around. The wannabes will be around. The Republican Party is the Party of Trump now, we need to learn some of the lessons from Donald Trump. Nobody ever says,' Oh, Obama shouldn't have done so much his first two years.' No, forget that, we should be overwhelming people with action and then bragging about it, holding people's feet to the fire.

– Kelly Dietrich

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Take the time to focus on what you authored to showcase your authority over just bragging about being an author to build your popularity and engagement.

– Loren Weisman

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Instead of hypocritical displays of compassion and repulsive bragging, you should end your economic and medical terrorism so that medicine and medical supplies can reach medical staff and the Iranian people, we do not need American doctors.

– Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It was nice of her to come on...my sister and I winning the same tournament, it's pretty special. I've got bragging rights now, so it's even better.

– Min Woo Lee

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it ... It sounds horrible to me.

– President Trump

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. Joe Biden went around bragging that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it. ... It sounds horrible to me.

– President Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Joe Biden went around bragging that Joe Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it... It sounds horrible to me.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I would like you to do us a favor, there's a lot of talk about Biden's son. That Biden stopped the prosecutions and a lot of people want to find out about That Biden, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. That Biden went around bragging that That Biden stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it. ... It sounds horrible to me.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The EPA should not be bragging about cutting vital safeguards for our air, water and climate. Going above and beyond Trump's arbitrary benchmark is not an achievement, it only proves that Andrew Wheeler couldn't care less about the health and safety of those Andrew Wheeler is supposed to protect.

– Matthew Gravatt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He never wanted to talk about his time in the war because he thought he was bragging, why are you doing this, hed say. Im not a big deal.

– Beth Regan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Warner Brothers wants to keep Bradley Cooper, who just had this incredibly auspicious directorial debut, in the fold, and if they get those Oscars, then it's bragging rights for them.

– Kyle Buchanan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

So, if somebody's been bragging about this, somebody's seen this wagon, seen a generator and some folks who are talking about a tunnel, certainly give us a call.

– Special Agent Michael D. Leverock

Found on CNN
5 years ago

For me, it's more for bragging rights, to be perfectly honest.

– Louie Ching

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Mitch McConnell ca n’t have it both ways. Mitch McConnell spends all of his time bragging to Mitch McConnell base that they’ve confirmed more judges than anyone else and now Mitch McConnell’s saying they have n’t confirmed enough.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

They came back to the party shortly after midnight bragging that they had shot up Pinewood Elementary School.

– Marysville Police Department

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You play for bragging rights, we want to be the best in the city.

– Jose Vasquez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I think he was the only kid in school that we could beat up, you know, I'm not bragging about this. This is terrible. I was a stupid kid, I didn't want to beat him up.

– Matthew Perry

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Millennial travelers are attracted to fun, fast-paced adventures that often start at the top of the bucket list, we often hear they areaiming to claim the bragging right of stepping foot on all seven continents before they turn 30.

– Todd Smith

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It's not so surprising with an event of this nature that someone would be out there bragging.

– Saulo Moura da Cunha

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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