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swag

[swag] / swæg /


NOUN
promotional merchandise
Synonyms
NOUN
decorative hanging
Synonyms


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Does your relationship have a swag gap, and is that always a bad thing?

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Granted, there isn’t anything during the Washington festivities quite akin to the swag bag given to Oscar nominees.

From MarketWatch Apr. 24, 2026

The brand’s meets and races are stacked with swag and samples from not only sneaker sellers but the fitness app Strava, massage gun maker Therabody, as well as food and beer brands.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

Influencer houses, swag bags, a Super Bowl-esque media day and an outside tournament village.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

The swag Wilfrido raffled off was pretty cool.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Behind the bar, they swagged a second garland made from teasel and sweet gum and poppy seed pods.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2022

The blue-appointed restaurant at the May Company’s grand Wilshire Boulevard store was swagged in velvet curtains and lighted with enormous Italian chandeliers.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2021

Like gleaming bronze and caramel silk suiting swagged across the hips, and big pleated pants, and dresses with their own built-in capes, à la 1980s t-Caesars Palace-superwoman.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2020

A renewed appreciation for antiques was unleashed in the 1980s, when Washington took the lead in an “English country” decorating frenzy of carved mahogany secretaries, swagged chintz draperies, gently frayed Oriental rugs and dog paintings.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2017

The depot was swagged in red, white, and blue bunting.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

But photos in the new 60th anniversary edition of “The White House: An Historic Guide” reveal that there was a whole lot of swagging, fringing and gilding going on upstairs.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2022

I don’t think I ever really care to watch Homeland again, even if Carrie is swagging around Istanbul.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2013

In return, Dakine is swagging these bands out with beanies, backpacks, hoodies, and the like.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are gates in this country made in such a manner, that the top rail of the gate overshoots backwards the hind post, so as to counterpoise the gate, and prevent its swagging.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Fearful tugging, swagging and swaying is conceivable, in this Sterbohol problem!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle




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