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Recent Examples of swashbuckling
The program that gave us swashbuckling coach Mike Leach and Super Bowl quarterback Patrick Mahomes is being bankrolled by the billionaire head of its board of regents, Cody Campbell, who now has the school’s football field named after him.
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Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The Beak and Barrel, located in Adventureland, is designed as an immersive experience that serves drinks, small plates and a big serving of swashbuckling atmosphere.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2025
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on leaving the podium For more than half a century, conductor-composer Michael Tilson Thomas has graced the stages of concert halls with a swashbuckling style.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 26 June 2025
And those former captains spoken to by The Athletic have nothing but praise for the man at the helm of England’s attempt to re-define the longest and most traditional form of the game with a forever positive, often swashbuckling style of play.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The Beak and Barrel, located in Adventureland, is designed as an immersive experience that serves drinks, small plates and a big serving of swashbuckling atmosphere.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2025
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on leaving the podium For more than half a century, conductor-composer Michael Tilson Thomas has graced the stages of concert halls with a swashbuckling style.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 26 June 2025
And those former captains spoken to by The Athletic have nothing but praise for the man at the helm of England’s attempt to re-define the longest and most traditional form of the game with a forever positive, often swashbuckling style of play.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swashbuckling
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The shows share a preoccupation with the heroic potential of oddballs and burnouts, one that has kept Horses galloping for five seasons (and two more are in the works).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, the group’s journey abruptly ended when a man broke his femur after he was hit by a small avalanche, prompting a heroic rescue effort.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Journey with Marie and her valiant Nutcracker prince to the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy to experience a classic story with distinctly local flair.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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Despite the valiant efforts, catch-up hockey does not become them.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Loving father, fearless adventurer Chefitz and his wife came to Miami in 1974 for a job at Florida International University for Walli.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Incredibly principled and fearless.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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Keslassy, Variety‘s international editor based in Paris; John Hopewell, intrepid correspondent and editor of our digital dailies franchise, who is based in Madrid; and Leo Barraclough, international features director based in London.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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When he is imprisoned on the basis of false testimony, with no hope of release, the intrepid Mercédès tries to break him out of jail.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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For those brave scientists who study snakes–aka herpetologists–the mechanics behind the reptiles’ fast fangs are more fascinating than fear-inducing.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In her latest book, Strong Ground, Brown makes a compelling case that we’re not wired for this level of uncertainty, and risk losing focus on the core values of courageous and sustainable leadership.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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This was a fearless and courageous person.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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His history shows them as valorous and corrupt; racists and liberators.—
Benjamin Moser,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The triumphant melody chugs along, like the gears of industry, preparing the audience for an American Dream drama of valorous proportions.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Swashbuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashbuckling. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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