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swam

[swam] / swæm /


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For the first three days he swam only 50m events, leaving me little to capture.

From BBC

Around 500 swam while another 500 watched from the shoreline at the festive event run by the open water swim group, Helen's Baywatch.

From BBC

Some people managed to climb over to the ferry, while others swam for it, hung onto the rails and got pulled up by others.

From BBC

“It’s not straightforward,” says David Clarke, a fisheries expert at Swansea University who was funded by EDF to monitor high-frequency beeps fired at tagged shad to see if they swam away.

From The Wall Street Journal

Old Timothy’s voice swam through the pitch black.

From Literature