swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbə-k(ə-)liŋ 
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
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The Three Lions are rarely swashbuckling in tournament football but Southgate will have plenty to think about after that second-half performance before his team faces Denmark on Thursday.
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Matias Grez, CNN, 16 June 2024
In that aspect, That’s My Boy (which originally received an NC-17) feels a bit more swashbuckling.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
In the process, swashbuckling entrepreneurs who seized on the right opportunities at the right time—Stanford, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller—amassed titanic levels of wealth, while a new working class earned only a pittance in wages.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
In the swashbuckling world of British newspapers, the editor Robert Winnett stands out for his lack of flash.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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Matias Grez, CNN, 16 June 2024
In that aspect, That’s My Boy (which originally received an NC-17) feels a bit more swashbuckling.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
In the process, swashbuckling entrepreneurs who seized on the right opportunities at the right time—Stanford, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller—amassed titanic levels of wealth, while a new working class earned only a pittance in wages.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
In the swashbuckling world of British newspapers, the editor Robert Winnett stands out for his lack of flash.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbək-(ə-)liŋ
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
swashbuckling adventure
a swashbuckling tale
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