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[swag-er] / ˈswæg ər /


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What I remember most, though, is that beneath all the swagger, Choi’s argument was really about self-compassion.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Brave, apprehensive, obtuse and brilliant, George acquires something new in this book: a bit of swagger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Senate in Michigan, whose self-confident swagger and immigrant-family story have invited the comparison.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Arsenal started last season as nearly men - but now they have the swagger of winners.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Ivan ducked back behind the tree, then popped out with a fake-confident swagger.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Meanwhile, Jason Momoa swaggers into the fray from the cover of an ’80s hard-rock album with Kiss’ makeup, Manowar’s muscles and Meatloaf’s motorcycle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

When Gustav swaggers back into the daughters’ lives to play the cheery grandfather and beloved papa, both are skeptical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

The critics said: “Catchy as hell and swaggers out of the speakers with an infectious joy.”

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024

“Minx,” a cheeky comedy set in 1970s Southern California, swaggers onto HBO Max on Thursday.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

He swaggers even when he is standing still.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

After Spencer pinned Matthew Maynard - an England international - leg before wicket, Richards swaggered to the crease to a standing ovation.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

In Canterbury, the mayor swaggered around the public square pressuring townsfolk to open their businesses, drawing an angry crowd of onlookers.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Then he put his hands in his pockets and swaggered around the stage.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

As the 80-year-old Jagger swaggered onstage, he told the attendees that the band would “play some old, and we’re gonna play some new.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The She Elephant swaggered among them like a gangster.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

With the swaggering Wyatt-Hodge in this form - she now has the most runs ever at a single women's T20 World Cup - anything feels possible.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

It’s funny because it’s swaggering, full-of-itself New York, and the Mets are one of baseball’s most profligate franchises, a free-spending, $360-million payroll outfit owned by zillionaire financier Steve Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Just two months after appearing as the swaggering Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now,” Duvall offered a more intimate variation on a military man — essentially Kilgore without an actual war, just a domestic battlefield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

It is now narrowly focused on District of Columbia news and politics, making it less a swaggering international newspaper than a publication whose purview matches Politico’s.

From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2026

In any case he would never see it again and soon Gebu would be wearing a fine new arm band and swaggering when he walked.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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