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- adjective Highly or widely
praised orboasted about. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
vaunt .
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Examples
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The same was true for most issues covered led recently by the “Katrina Hurricane” coverage that included so much mis reporting worthy of several Phd Dissertations in vaunted journalism schools.
Ohio Congresswoman Dies - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Yeah isn't the word vaunted supposed to preceed Republican Guard whenever they are mentioned?
Latest Articles 2008
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The much vaunted Hunting Act 2004 (vaunted, that is, by Fascistic Bigots) has resulted in a piddling number of largely piddling prosecutions since coming into force.
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The much vaunted Hunting Act 2004 (vaunted, that is, by Fascistic Bigots) has resulted in a piddling number of largely piddling prosecutions since coming into force.
Archive 2007-11-25 2007
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Carlyle, to whom Emerson had recommended him, had not so quickly dubbed his vaunted depths deceptive shallows.
Life of Father Hecker Walter Elliott 1885
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We just weren't making enough war dollars after the collapse of the "vaunted" Soviet Union.
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It's the "vaunted" museum that, not to be confused with *The Tate Gallery* across and up the Thames, that has all the good stuff in itlike Turner's works.
Archive 2008-10-01 Zillabob 2008
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It's the "vaunted" museum that, not to be confused with *The Tate Gallery* across and up the Thames, that has all the good stuff in itlike Turner's works.
Turner Coda... Zillabob 2008
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Just watch what happens to your "vaunted" Ruble Rubble? in the coming months.
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I take big time issues with the two of them (Palin and McCain) doing the "Willie Horton Thing" to Obama, as well as the ease with which the "vaunted" media just accepted the Obama/Ayers connection as it did, without putting it into proper perspective.
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