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• n  flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior
• s  flamboyantly adventurous

• In 1925 Sultan Ahmad Shah was toppled off the throne, and swashbuckling, self-made Reza Shah Pahlavi declared himself the King of Kings.
• Ron Hubbard, 39, a swashbuckling, red-haired six-footer, originally unveiled dianetics in the magazine Astounding Science-Fiction.
• Pope, a serious and not a swashbuckling type, had originally joined the rebels because he believed Indonesia was "turning Communist," said Pieters.

• swaggering

News & Articles

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• Zelda Goes To The Symphony
  Editor's note: This post was originally published by our partners at PopSugar Tech . I'm ushered into my seat as the conductor takes her place on the podium — but an ordinary night at the symphony this is not. The audience is in cosplay and the music of The Legend of Zelda begins, triggering memories of swashbuckling through Hyrule. But it's nothing like the 246-megabit soundtrack I grew up with ...
  June 15, 2013 - ReadWriteWeb
• Stuck In The Sound - Pursuit
  Who doesn't enjoy getting lost in a big budget action adventure flick; maybe even pretending you're the swashbuckling hero, if just for a little bit. Well, French indie rock quartet, Stuck in the Sound, took those cinematic fantasies a step further in Pursuit , the title track from their identically-named 2012 album. Watch, you'll see. Read more...        
  June 14, 2013 - Gizmodo
• Author Gary J. Crawford Offers A Scintillating Thriller in New Fiction
  ‘Immaculate Deception’ is a thrilling swashbuckling adventure packed with murder, mystery and obsessive love affair. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/GaryJCrawford/ImmaculateDeception/prweb10830275.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Donald Gregg in The Associated Press
  That was a wild and woolly, swashbuckling time in the agency's history,Gregg said in an interview. "There was pressure from presidents for regime change here and there, and it was a very damaging time."
• Ben Barnes in WISC
  I was very keen to make sure that he wasn't overly glamorized or made into some sort of swashbuckling action figure when he in fact is an ambiguous character who's ambivalent about the choices that he makes,Barnes explained. "He's very...
• Paul Collingwood in Hindu
  We were put under a lot of pressure, but I was delighted by the way we fought back,Collingwood said, adding "Owais put in a swashbuckling effort to change the momentum of the game."