swagger
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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
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“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
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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
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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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