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swear

[swair] / swɛər /




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Adherents swear by cupping therapy as a way to manage muscle pain and detoxify, but more spas are touting it as the ideal postflight treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

But Todd had seen my show, and when we went to do the first take, I didn’t think I was allowed to swear.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

JD Vance, RFK Jr. and other officials swear by a diet of grass-fed meat and fermented foods, even when the odors cause friction at home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

There’s a reason runners swear by pickle juice as a recovery drink, and why “pickle girls” have become their own corner of the internet.

From Salon May 28, 2026

“Who has made you swear something in God’s name?” he demands.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Watch the actress discuss returning to “The Devil Wears Prada” nearly 20 years later, working with her husband John Krasinski on “A Quiet Place” and the parenting hot take she swears by.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Strickland, who is Hilton’s campaign chair, swears that he and his former colleagues didn’t plan to take their crusade statewide, but “when you do a great job, other opportunities present themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Nevertheless, in her beaver guise Mabel learns that Jerry’s team, which swears its development plans cleared the environmental-review process, deployed some skulduggery to make it work.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

“Fargo” begins with a title card that swears the film is based on a true story.

From Salon Feb. 7, 2026

“And what about the valet with the toothache who swears that the Italian never left the compartment?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?

From The New Yorker Jun. 9, 2017

Is love, that thou sware to me aye and so often, To live too feeble or—how?—doth it soften And weaken away and—to die?—why die?—

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Soares, Theodore Gerald

Then some tooke vp their hawkes in hast, 145 And some tooke vp their hounds; And some sware they wold not marry her, For citty nor for towne.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Remember what God has said, 'the Lord thy God is a merciful God, He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.'

From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Glenwood, Ida

Whenever the tone of the film tilts toward the overly reverent, Waters comes in with a bit of wisecracking, truthtelling remembrance: Oliver chain-smoked, swore, was stubborn, walked in the forest “like a crazy person.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But in doing so, the court swore up and down that its Louisiana decision did not overrule Allen v.

From Slate May 26, 2026

The 23 senators present donned maroon velvet robes Monday and swore to "do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of the Philippines" at the trial.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Waiting for answers since she was a child and her mother swore she saw a UFO, Loperena is still more than enthused about the government's decision to make the release.

From BBC May 8, 2026

He lifted a pants leg so I could see the Ace bandage he’d wrapped around the ankle he swore was strained.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

The good news is that on Friday a new Congress was also sworn in and this one is bicameral.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Because of the harassment, L.H. eventually stopped trying to play any organized sports whatsoever and issued a sworn declaration in the lower courts that she would not try out for sports teams in the future.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

When Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve chairman at the White House last month, he reached back to the man last sworn in at the same spot 39 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

De la Espriella will be sworn in on 7 August.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

I could have sworn that we were on the opposite side of campus from this, but it didn’t matter now.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The business, based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, was known by many pubgoers for its eccentric rules including banning mobile phones, music, televisions and swearing at their sites.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

He whined that the singers who pulled out of the state fair are “Third Rate” and promised he would simply headline the event, swearing he is greater than Elvis, even “without a guitar.”

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

She won a special election for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District in 2021 after her husband, a newly elected representative, died in 2020 from complications related to Covid-19 before his swearing in.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Warsh will take Miran’s seat on the board—Miran issued his resignation letter as governor on Thursday, effective upon the swearing in.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Her family are not big fans of swearing.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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