swashbuckle
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Sterling K. Brown, an executive producer, plays Medwin, a character much expanded from the novel, the unofficial mayor of the Black community who will swashbuckle in when a day needs to be saved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
Intrigue abounds, not least over whether England can swashbuckle their way to success against an Australian bowling attack that is pound-for-pound the best on the planet.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
Abrams said audiences should expect “great, daring swashbuckle fun” as Rey, Poe and Finn team together, a “moving” story and even “horror” at times.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2019
Photograph: Allstar One, two, swashbuckle my shoe: history's bow tie spins in horror as 15th-century polymath is recast as wisecrackin' action hunk.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013
These men, it might be noticed, were the congenital adventurers, men who needed to swashbuckle and revel in the name of individualist.
From Rastignac the Devil by Farmer, Philip José
“So what has gone wrong for Marcelo Bielsa’s team, who swashbuckled to ninth place last season but languish in the bottom three?”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2021
They should be high on confidence right now, too, having swashbuckled magnificently to snatch the play-off spot in their group from Scotland.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2015
He galloped over the moors on horseback and swashbuckled energetically with a poker, but displayed no talent for depravity.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2011
For one giddy moment last week, playing like champions, they even swashbuckled themselves to the top of the league.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rajah scattered the seeds about, spurned the banana-tip, tilted the water-cup and swashbuckled generally.
From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold
With some swashbuckling batting, England earned famous wins over New Zealand at Trent Bridge, India at Edgbaston and Pakistan in Rawalpindi, the latter the beginning of a 3-0 series win.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Filmmaker Lucas scored a global hit when the swashbuckling sci-fi movie Star Wars was released in 1977, creating a cultural phenomenon and enduring franchise.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
"I think swashbuckling, you know 'move fast and break things,' has kind of come out of favor," the physicist told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
For one thing, the swashbuckling hero of “Scarborn,” which is happy movie news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
At the moment, Cassiopeia and her brothers were merrily swashbuckling ’round the nursery, slashing at imaginary foes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
