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swaggering

[swag-er-ing] / ˈswæg ər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
bullying
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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

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

But the dudes can take a victory lap today, celebrating the nomination of Joseph Kosinski’s swaggering, vroom-vroom sports movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The “Saturday Night Live” head writer made the most of his time on two legs, playing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as a swaggering, pro wrestling-esque maniac.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Aside from the fact that his hair was thinning and he’d put on weight and grown a beard, he was the unmistakable, broad-shouldered, swaggering Bobby Fischer.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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