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[swig] / swɪg /


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Years later, at the parade celebrating her team’s victory in the 2019 World Cup, Ms. Rapinoe took a big swig of Champagne, threw her arms wide and proclaimed, “I deserve this!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

On cue, the camera cut to Rhea Perlman passing her silver flagon to Lisa Ann Walter, who took a swig.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024

Thomson went to take a swig out of his bottle of bubbly and - doink!

From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

He continues to give Shetty small notes: Go for a more supportive tone, take a swig of water, put the emphasis on a different word.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

Hastily, she took a swig of coffee and gobbled down a few spoonfuls of the rice, which was light and creamy and fluffy as clouds, with a hint of ginger and red chunks of sausage.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

But every time someone swigs the raw milk, they’re taking that chance on everyone’s behalf—it’s like buying a lottery ticket for which the prize is a disaster, for everyone.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024

De la Garza acquiesced and the pair shared a quick toast before taking their respective swigs.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

He lounges in a spartan room in a white tunic, taking swigs from a water bottle as he tells his story on a video call.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 2023

Ethan swigs down a big gulp of milk and brings the bottle down like a gavel.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

The lemon squash, pilfered off the courts at the end of the day and swigged undiluted on the return coach trip, never even made it that far.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023

This performance combines imitation and evocation; Dirty’s every gesture—every swigged drink and slinky entrance—is dancerly, in a series that plays like a great piece of work about the quest to achieve freedom of movement.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019

On the third day of training camp, Griffin ran off the field, swigged from a water bottle and sank down on his right knee next to his wife on Practice Field 1.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2018

Istvan swigged at intervals from a magnum-size vessel of greenish energy drink he picked up on our last Walmart stop.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2017

Ms. Willis had her hot chocolate in a jelly jar and Dean swigged from a soup bowl.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Like Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Burnham likes to be photographed swigging pints in pubs.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

“It’s just annoying,” she said, swigging water from a Mason jar.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

The playoffs had arrived, though, and so here came Brady, swigging from an oversized water bottle, designer bag slung around his shoulder, just the right amount of gel holding every hair in place.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022

We spent afternoons swigging extra-virgin olive oil straight from the bottle and reading from Madeleine Kamman's When French Women Cook.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2021

He pushed his undrunk tea back at Percy and waited for Ludo to rise; Bagman struggled to his feet, swigging down the last of his tea, the gold in his pockets chinking merrily.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling


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