swanky
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Mark Moran, a former investment banker, said he got the early inside track on who Trump would choose as his running mate over dinner at L’Annexe, a swanky Georgetown cocktail bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The duo told Rolling Stone on Tuesday that they were sad about the turn of events with Crockett but confirmed that their swanky Satan-loving doo-wop isn’t a sham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It isn't a lordship with swanky estates or privileges.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
I guess being buddies at swanky Hamptons parties in the ’90s only goes so far.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He folded his blanket in a swanky way.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
This is a basic desk from a lesser-known vendor, and I was a bit skeptical when it was offered to me for testing after having used swankier desks from the likes of Vari.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
They will also have a new pick-up shelf and parking spots for mobile orders, along with a more technologically advanced kitchen and a swankier interior.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
Cattle deaths from train collisions isn't new in India, though the media's scrutiny of these deaths has increased over the past few years as the country launches newer, swankier trains.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
If mom-and-pop restaurants specializing in galbi jjim, kimchi jjigae or soondubu disappear, to be replaced by swankier places or chains like Sweetgreen, will Koreatown lose its soul?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
"It seems hardly possible that your activities would be confined largely to going to the cinema, to the swankier night clubs and eating in the more famed restaurants."
From The Common Man by George Luther Schelling
We met in a cozy bar at the Crockfords, one of the swankiest luxury hotels on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
At one end of the Haslegrave Ground on the university campus, in the shadow of English cricket's National Performance Centre, is a marquee, big enough to hold the swankiest wedding.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
Ukrainian officials gathered over afternoon drinks last month at the penthouse bar of the 11 Mirrors, one of Kyiv’s swankiest hotels.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
More heavyweight options cost four figures, with the swankiest model north of $2,000.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
La Calvados was the swankiest French restaurant in Greater Washington, a city not devoid of swank restaurants.
From Status Quo by Mack Reynolds
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