swanky
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Rapidly spreading blazes have forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands of people from the swanky Cap Ferret peninsula and surrounding villages, in one of the largest evacuation operations ever conducted in France.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
They found a venue—the swanky Bürgenstock resort—and organized a security perimeter, transportation and plans for media coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It isn't a lordship with swanky estates or privileges.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
I guess being buddies at swanky Hamptons parties in the ’90s only goes so far.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
She'd hand in her basket and then go someplace swanky for lunch.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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
If mom-and-pop restaurants specializing in galbi jjim, kimchi jjigae or soondubu disappear, to be replaced by swankier places or chains like Sweetgreen, will Koreatown lose its soul?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
The Coins has moved to Pioneer Square, where it’s bigger and swankier and too far away.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
"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 Schelling, George Luther
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 Japanese tycoon has taken over many of the swankiest spots in the Sicilian city of Palermo for a decadent, days-long birthday party - reported to have cost hundreds of thousands of euros.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
“It is a completely unbelievable but wholly captivating flight into fancy composed of unequal dollops of comedy, romance, poignancy, funny colloquialisms and Manhattan’s swankiest East Side areas captured in the loveliest of colors,” A.H.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
It was one of the grandest and swankiest parties held in generations, with pricey tickets and a level of pomp befitting the figurative coronation of the general who had preserved the Union.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
She's bought perfume and gloves at Michel Swiss, the swankiest shop in town, a dress at Chez Marie—she passed three fifties there—and a hat at Paulette's over on Monroe Street.
From Status Quo by Reynolds, Mack
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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