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Verb
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The advertisement opened with a backside shot of a man clothed in Levi’s jeans, a western shirt and leather gloves, swaggering up to a pair of saloon doors.—
Jack Armstrong,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Don the swaggering employee needs to learn a lesson about gender identity.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Kelsey Pomeroy once overheard her husband bragging about her to one of his engineering coworkers.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately for boosters who enjoy bragging about their investments, only one team will win a national championship each year.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Detroit’s catchers have issued the third-fewest challenges in the league, despite boasting the highest success rate.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Held from July 23-26 on the Blackfeet Reservation and boasting a lineup including Neurosis, 16 Horsepower, and Enslaved, the intent behind Fire in the Mountains is something deeper and more noble than inviting a flock of metalheads to the pristine Montana wilderness.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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The cockerel had been crowing for a good while before that, but today Archie was literally up with the lark.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Carrel and company are all stellar and worth crowing about but plucking out a few side stories might well make this a smoother, more tonally consistent show.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Swanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanking. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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