swanky
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It has been able to attract customers with its global network and swanky international business class—something Alaska couldn’t completely match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The swanky space features Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor views from every room.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and Hollywood hobnobbing.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Pounding surf lashing the swanky California enclave of Malibu on Tuesday opened up a giant sinkhole on the driveway of a house reportedly belonging to US actor Nicolas Cage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In case you don't live in New York, the Wicker Bar is in this sort of swanky hotel, the Seton Hotel.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
The basic Five Star service comes with Admirals Club access, but Tara dropped me off at the swankier Flagship lounge because it wasn’t busy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
They will also have a new pick-up shelf and parking spots for mobile orders, along with a more technologically advanced kitchen and a swankier interior.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
Cattle deaths from train collisions isn't new in India, though the media's scrutiny of these deaths has increased over the past few years as the country launches newer, swankier trains.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
There may be nothing princely about Bitton’s portrayal, but he’s so much more lovable than the posh cads of swankier Benedicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
"It seems hardly possible that your activities would be confined largely to going to the cinema, to the swankier night clubs and eating in the more famed restaurants."
From The Common Man by George Luther Schelling
We met in a cozy bar at the Crockfords, one of the swankiest luxury hotels on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
A half-dozen or so men gathered last month for afternoon drinks at the penthouse bar of the 11 Mirrors, one of Kyiv’s swankiest hotels, to discuss the lucrative business of arming Ukrainian troops.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
The US flavour of the team did nothing to dilute the joy felt by football fans watching Bolden score her historic goal on a giant screen in one of Manila's swankiest shopping malls.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
The swankiest Smith Tower soiree of the season will send 2022 off in style with a live brass band, feather girls, tarot card and palm readings, as well as delectable tray-passed hors d’oeuvres.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
But the New City had hardly been safer, even in the swankiest private chamber in the highest building.
From The Dark Door by Alan Edward Nourse
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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