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swagger

[swag-er] / ˈswæg ər /


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The British haven’t had that swagger in a long time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

It just has to find a way to get its swagger back.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Medea must be angry, Spider-Man must be helpful and Odysseus, dang it, must have swagger.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

There was nothing girlish or even mock-girlish about their swagger — they were women.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

He liked it, as a king of swagger stick, such as military officers sometimes use.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

“Monarch” swaggers forth on the strength of Kurt Russell’s rebel cowboy spirit.

From Salon Mar. 20, 2026

When Gustav swaggers back into the daughters’ lives to play the cheery grandfather and beloved papa, both are skeptical.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

McVay is more than just swaggers and swashbuckling.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2025

The critics said: “Catchy as hell and swaggers out of the speakers with an infectious joy.”

From BBC Jul. 25, 2024

But he does not even need them, especially these days when he swaggers about in fine headcloths and new-made sandals.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

After Spencer pinned Matthew Maynard - an England international - leg before wicket, Richards swaggered to the crease to a standing ovation.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

In Canterbury, the mayor swaggered around the public square pressuring townsfolk to open their businesses, drawing an angry crowd of onlookers.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

Then he put his hands in his pockets and swaggered around the stage.

From New York Times Apr. 29, 2024

As the 80-year-old Jagger swaggered onstage, he told the attendees that the band would “play some old, and we’re gonna play some new.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2023

Sammy was sixteen when he swaggered into the chandlery one day and grinned down at Nat.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

With the swaggering Wyatt-Hodge in this form - she now has the most runs ever at a single women's T20 World Cup - anything feels possible.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

If you spot a guy swaggering like a brute from Eternia on the sidewalk, masked or not, he probably thinks he’s more awesome than everyone else does.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Lawrence, who worked with him on his adaptation of Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey,” describes him as surprisingly modest, entirely unlike his swaggering creations.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

It is now narrowly focused on District of Columbia news and politics, making it less a swaggering international newspaper than a publication whose purview matches Politico’s.

From Slate Feb. 7, 2026

He was a swaggering bantam rooster of a youth, too young and too hot-blooded for Ned's taste, though a fast friend of Catelyn's brother, Edmure Tully.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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