swearing

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Swearing, illicit filming & rule changes - what next in curling cheating row?

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Swearing just like Roy regularly does in the award-winning show about a family jockeying for control of a media empire, Cox playfully shouted as he and his fellow cast members posed for pictures together.

From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023

Swearing in members, naming committee chairs, engaging in floor proceedings and launching oversight investigations will all be delayed until a speaker is elected and sworn into office.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Swearing at an enemy as they’re invading is an act of performative resistance, says Paul Musgrave, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

"Swearing don't make it true, Hod," the innkeeper said.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin