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swanks

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present tense third-person singular of swank

as in gasconades

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For decades that math was simply the cost of doing business in industries nobody brags about owning.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Kiffin sounds like the employee who left Applebee’s for Chili’s and then brags about the international cuisine.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026

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Around fifty thousand people of Filipino descent live in Queens, many of them in Woodside, which boasts New York City’s oldest Jollibee, a mega-popular Filipino fast-food chain.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Birmingham is popular with motorcycle and auto racing fans because of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which boasts the largest collection of vintage motorcycles and Lotus race cars.

— Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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Lockwood takes different noises—from volcanic activity in Hawaii to spring peepers near the Mississippi River, crows around Essex, and hydroacoustic signals in the Tasman Sea—and weaves a tapestry in constant flux.

— Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
At Tribal, Rizo crows once again about his game (which, to be fair, was very well executed), and says that the people who have returned right after playing their first time — Amanda Kimmel, Malcolm Freberg, Russell Hantz — end up doing very well in their second seasons.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

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