debonair
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Toto Wolff’s reign as the debonair prince of Formula One seemed to be over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“It was a very debonair thing to do.”
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Here is this ostensibly brilliant, devilishly handsome, debonair man, touting his biotech voyeurism like he’s a kid showing off a painting he made in art class.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
Manilow asked the crowd of the debonair record executive who helped shepherd him to stardom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
On a trip to Chicago in 1893, short, round fireball Ida Wells got to know tall, debonair, easygoing Ferdinand Barnett as they worked together on a pamphlet calling out racial inequities.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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