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Recent Examples of swashbuckling
This uphill-battle swashbuckling is what animates Shamieh in her dramatic work too, which pretty consistently features norm-breaking women who cause havoc.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
This tactical tweak should ultimately be welcomed by Liverpool fans, as the transitional style of play — while swashbuckling in attack — left the back door open defensively.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
His next role was playing the radio voice of the swashbuckling space hero Buck Rogers.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Dozens of projects feature swashbuckling adventurers or daring archaeologists, all of whom owe a debt to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s protagonist.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Despite the charges against Mangione, some people view him as a heroic figure in the aftermath of his arrest, which gave rise to an outpouring of grievances about insurance companies.—
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Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood are offering free theme park tickets to first responders who tackled the devastating wildfires that destroyed swaths of Pacific Palisades and Altadena to thank them for their heroic efforts.—
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To reach him in Crooks Springs, Sara enlists the assistance of a guide named Isaac Reed, depicted by a gritty and valiant Taylor Kitsch, also from Friday Night Lights, who leads their small band in the face of calamities climatic, financial, and violent.—
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The valiant rebel who stayed underground during The Macrodat Uprising, sacrificing his own glimpse of the outside world to help others, now appears intent on protecting himself.—
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By Alice Cary and Christian Allaire As far as fashion is concerned, Rihanna has always been ahead of the curve—able to dabble in trends in a genuinely fearless manner.—
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The story will chronicle the extraordinary true story of a meeting between Queen Elizabeth I, the most powerful ruler in British history, and the fearless 16th century Irish rebel pirate Grace O’Malley (Granuaile).—
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But no mere plane crash could keep our intrepid girls, and a few dudes, down.—
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Traveling abroad can be an incredible adventure, but the language barrier can make even the most intrepid explorer nervous.—
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With temperatures around 30 degrees on Saturday, almost 100 brave Special Olympic athletes, coaches, students and community volunteers took the Polar Plunge at Valparaiso University.—
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For decades, brave activists struggled for inclusion in a society so disabling that few disabled people could pursue a career.—
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The day was saved by advance planning for wildfire mitigation and courageous staff, including security guards and groundskeepers who risked life and limb and remained at the site to fight the deadly blaze.—
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Click on the video above to see a courageous K9 take her final bow before retirement Need a break?—
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But at the very end, America's Democratic majority came home to Carter in a late surge that flooded polling places in party strongholds across the nation and stopped Ford's gallant comeback just short of victory.—
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The Bears had mounted a gallant comeback in the second half against the best team in football and were in a position to tie the score with a field goal or win the game with a touchdown.—
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If capable, valorous civilians are unwilling to intervene, others are more vulnerable to attack.—
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Gladiator was a big, sentimental, sincere movie about the genuine and valorous camaraderie between men who risk their lives for each other.—
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“Swashbuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashbuckling. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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