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Word: flaunts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that friend you made freshman year, that you never really kept in touch with, and you debate whether to keep your head down and scurry past to avoid the “Wow, you look great!” remarks, or whether to stroll past them just to flaunt your new, hipper self, specifically to get those remarks, while then nonchalantly pretending like you have no idea what they’re talking about...

Author: By Frances Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nerd-amorphosis | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...Sher Muhammad Mehsud. "We have told the police about the threat coming to Dera Ismail Khan, with terrorists entering the city. The police are weak in this regard. They do not recognize these people - we have informants there." All around him, young men with long hair and disheveled beards flaunt a range of weapons. During the conversation, a farouche-looking man emerges, carrying a cleaver dripping with fresh blood. "Don't worry," says one of the gunmen, with a broad and satisfied grin. "They are only slaughtering a lamb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear and Uncertainty for New Wave of Pakistan Refugees | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...show tunes, soliciting help with math homework or with an essay weighing Dr. Frankenstein's best and worst qualities. Bill Clinton's sensitivity to the challenges his daughter faced belies his image as an unabashed narcissist. The President would be late for anything except her ballet recitals; he would flaunt any asset for political advantage except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Ties: The Other Bill Clinton | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...about us, the U.A.E., and it's unapologetic," she says. "Like it or love it, this is who we are." Many cities that began life as mercantile enclaves - Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai - have gone on to develop thriving cultural scenes. There's no reason Dubai can't flaunt its newfound creative talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Than a Mall: Inside Dubai's Growing Art Scene | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

Tweeting Too Hard now gets several submissions every hour, and many leave Hanson banging his head. "Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?" he wonders. "They would never say these things in real life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twitter's Biggest Egos, Exposed | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

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