swim
Example Sentences
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Last year, a couple of 2-year-old males returned to swim up the Sacramento River.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
I go for a swim at Chelsea Piers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Secular and Christian popular culture swim in opposing halves of divided entertainment waters, despite broadcast TV’s lengthy history of featuring Christian-leaning shows, including “Touched by an Angel,” “Joan of Arcadia” and, however regrettably, “7th Heaven.”
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Experts hope it will swim back to the North Sea through the straits between Germany, Denmark and Sweden and on to the Atlantic Ocean.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Should he abandon his own tree and try to swim back to Abby?
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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