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Recent Examples of swashbuckling
Ings’ Lyonel plays the swashbuckling heir to Storm’s End, known to the smallfolk of Westeros as The Laughing Storm.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Elwes protrays the film’s main character, who goes on a swashbuckling adventure to save the love of his life.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
For example, the Production Committee style of film producing, that is common in Japan, came in for criticism, and was compared poorly to Korea’s less bureaucratic and more swashbuckling style of filmmaking, which is usually helmed by just one company.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Elwes protrays the film’s main character, who goes on a swashbuckling adventure to save the love of his life.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
For example, the Production Committee style of film producing, that is common in Japan, came in for criticism, and was compared poorly to Korea’s less bureaucratic and more swashbuckling style of filmmaking, which is usually helmed by just one company.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swashbuckling
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The Best Actor category, in particular, has honored a wide variety of performance types, from bone-chilling turns like Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) to heroic tributes to human decency like Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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But Reaves turned his second free throw into dramatics, a heroic shot and an overtime win.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Frizz, on the other hand… Letting hair air-dry has been proven to help promote hair health and growth, which seems to be a valiant goal.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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There was a valiant comeback effort, if that matters.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Our program is built around hard work, playing hard, playing unselfish, and playing fearless.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Cameron Boozer had 22 points and 13 rebounds for the East Region's headliner, which hit its first four shots yet need a comeback against a fearless upstart playing just five players right up to the final seconds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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And yet, before last summer had even ended, the intrepid adventurism that brought the nation’s first big wave of tourism was supplanted with grousing and gripes.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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The journal indicates that Niko, Mann’s large, unruly poodle, barked as the intrepid teen-agers approached the front door.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Be brave; ask for fair, shared effort.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Emma experimented with mark-making, texture, movement, and abstraction in ways that felt both brave and sincere.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Other shows on this list were more consistent, but none were as courageous.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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For its personal and courageous cinematic approach that confronts the ongoing negotiation between truth and lies, life and death.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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More significant and symbolic than an ultimately gallant failure in Mumbai was the moment Harry Brook effectively dropped the World Cup with the last mistake of what has been the most turbulent period of his meteoric rise to become one of the best batters in the world.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Tilt and the gallant escort was replaced by a boy too traumatized to leave his mother’s side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Congressional Medal of Honor Society recommendations for the medal must be submitted within three years of the valorous act, and the medal must be presented within five years.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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By that measure, Vonn’s thirteen seconds at Cortina were the most valorous of her career.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Swashbuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashbuckling. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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