jaunty
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Indeed he was, as evident by the jaunty white beret he’d worn for the occasion, which quickly went viral on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The brief “Target Practice” opens the LP with a jaunty acoustic guitar figure and Mr. Picton’s somewhat reedy voice, and then adds a string section and massed voices that ratchet up the density and volume.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The jaunty wool cap pulled over her honey-brown hair may be her nod to both the cold winter weather and more conservative ways.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
As he was brought into the warehouse, Smith recognized his old foe, Dewey; he stopped chewing a hunk of Doublemint gum he had in his mouth, and grinned and winked at Dewey, jaunty and mischievous.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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