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Examples
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On the other hand, who are the Chinese kidding with their chest-pounding economic nationalism?
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Under the circumstances the worst thing you can do is thunder in with a lot of chest-pounding and definitive declarations of absolute commitment.
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There was a lot of chest-pounding and foot-stomping in our discussions.
A Conversation with Mark Spragg about An Unfinished Life 2010
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Then Big-Face, with brow-bristling and chest-pounding, began to chatter.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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As an analogy, would you agree that a person who self-identifies as a heterosexual and honestly admits to being attracted to the opposite sex (think chest-pounding male) has the propensity to engage in heterosexual acts?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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All of the chest-pounding in the world is not going to force Israel to enable financial assistance to continue unabated.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Palestinians' UN Remains of the Day Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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Genetically barred from chest-pounding, I wrote hundreds of pages about a boat rowing itself across an ocean.
Tori McClure talks about rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, a story she records in Pearl in the Storm 2010
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Their blogs will feature pregame posts and predictions, in-game updates and observations, as well as a healthy smattering of chest-pounding and, dare we say, a touch of trash talk.
Bloggin' Baseball 2009
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Similarly, in Cheney's and Rumsfeld's minds, America is still the infallible chest-pounding son of a bitch that will ask questions after everyone else in the room is beaten into submission.
Kevin Bunkley: History Can Still Matter in America Kevin Bunkley 2011
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Everyone knew his foreign policy posturing would not be that of the chest-pounding Bush; that he would offer an open hand and -- gasp -- actually speak with our adversaries.
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