swab
Example Sentences
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Most snakes were captured alive so scientists could swab their skin and collect blood samples before release.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
For $249, patients can order the test and mail in a swab, and after a few weeks they receive a GLP-1 “effectiveness score.”
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
So I got a small grant, bought a swab kit and spent a semester knocking on doors to ask classmates if I could sample the bacteria on their faces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"The IOC considers that SRY gene screening via saliva, cheek swab or blood sample is unintrusive compared to other possible methods," it said.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
More than once, the scurvy swab made a panic-stricken dive over the side, preferring to swim ashore, where he would cope ultimately with Dad, instead of meeting the captain on the latter’s own quarterdeck.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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