swagger
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A packet can lend instant backbone to a quick enchilada sauce, wake up a pan of chilaquiles or give nacho toppings a little extra swagger.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Most Sunday evenings, Brockman drafts “Top of Mind” memos to staff, which alternate between the shorthand of a heads-down builder and Silicon Valley swagger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Students were often assigned a military rank and awarded promotions, like the 13-year-old cadet major carrying a swagger stick in a 1930 ad for the Page Military Academy in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Early sections, with their displays of his strength and swagger, give way to a fractured interiority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Maples had seen many such boys come his way and was never cowed by their youthful swagger; he was only on rare occasions impressed or prepared to view them as his equal.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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