The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards.
Portuguese
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I'm here today to continue the proud tradition of bold American diplomacy.
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Banks' bold speech last year put this microaggression back on our agenda.
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Japan has taken a bold step forward and set an ambitious target.
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It's in this context that a bold solution was needed, Moses said.
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You need to be bold and take responsibility for your own safety.
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That proved impossible given the sheer scale of the private residential market.
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Perhaps, by sheer nerve and animal cunning, you'll survive for a year.
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Today, BGI still claims to lead the world in sheer sequencing capacity.
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The sheer amount of power she must have used was staggering .
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But the sheer number of cases is causing delays in the courts.
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He was trying to work out how far to take the bluff.
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That is easily explained; we turned the corner of the bluff instead.
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She had no idea Rook could be so good with a bluff.
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In other words, from that age-old circuit of bluff and second guesses.
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Again the big red eagle appeared on the edge of the bluff.
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On a bluff above the sea, farther down the coast from here.
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Though this possibility seems remote, the power displayed may be a bluff.
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The spy replied, 'And logic told me you'd bluff and come here.
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The next morning the court assembled on the small bluff outside Avaris.
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This is the biggest bluff town in the world, I do believe.
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You know the bluff and the rocky slope behind the old mill.
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And the many-tree on the bluff above him was a good sign.
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On the narrowest point of the bluff was a large brass telescope.
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She would have only one chance to bluff her way through .
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Under the bluff to the right Cloud was crawling from the river.
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But my work was as much based on bluff as her own.
