swagger
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The British haven’t had that swagger in a long time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Arsenal started last season as nearly men - but now they have the swagger of winners.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It just has to find a way to get its swagger back.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
As Randolph described it, Wallace has a cocky swagger but he backs it up by being the hardest worker on the team every day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He looks like a rock star, but he has none of a rock star’s swagger and braggadocio and staginess.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Played by a snarling, coiled Tom Blyth, Dee swaggers whereas Taylor shrinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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
As the Roman leader at the heart of the play, Alban Guyon, dressed in either leather pants or a tracksuit with a gold chain, swaggers and shouts to exhausting effect.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Scene: McNab the father swaggers bare-armed out the front door, bellowing back, “Do yer homework!”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Then he put his hands in his pockets and swaggered around the stage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Athapaththu, by far Sri Lanka's most experienced player having played in their first ever T20 in 2009, took 3-21 in England's collapse and swaggered to the crease with a purpose to begin their chase.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Goldstein's prediction paid off handsomely as Springsteen swaggered across the stage, sharing his song-stories about Crazy Janey and Killer Joe as Jake Clemons played a wailing sax into the late-summer night.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2023
The door opened again, and Hubbard swaggered back in.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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
Svelte but swaggering, tender yet macho — this hairy-chested torch song might be the singer’s finest vocal performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 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
A swaggering drifter named Hal Carter arrives in town looking for work, and by sunset he has thrown the community, especially the fragile Madge Owens, into emotional turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
They did not threaten us in the swaggering way that I recalled from my previous stay, and betrayed no emotion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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