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swam

verb as in make way through water using arms, legs

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To estimate each animal's size, the researchers also used a drone positioned 25m above the whales as they swam.

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Yu, who turned 13 in October, swam an impressive 2:07:41 to claim gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley on Tuesday.

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In July 2017, more than six years after the disaster at Fukushima, a tiny robot swam through the unit 3 building.

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Hoyos says he held the shark's gaze as it swam away - but then, suddenly, out of nowhere, it lunged at him.

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Once collected, the DNA can be preserved in laboratories for years, allowing future scientists to study additional species that once swam through the same waters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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