dashing
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“Young Sherlock” star Dónal Finn plays Tom Hayward, a potential love interest for Mary, and Laurie Davidson plays the dashing William Ryder, who also catches Mary’s fancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
By the end of the account, Ms. Lemann seems fed up with dashing miscreants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Actually, a lot of assets are dashing investors’ expectations regarding how they should behave during such a difficult period.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
A lower court last year handed the veteran 57-year-old politician a five-year ban from public office over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, dashing her presidential ambitions.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Just as if he had heard himself mentioned, the boy came dashing from the other side of the field, crashing in a heap on top of his parents.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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