swim
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For the record, I don’t know how to swim.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
State law is clear that people can wade, swim or boat in state-protected waters, but things get murkier out of the water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
A 16-year-old boy who died after getting into difficulty in a lake during the recent heatwave could not swim, an inquest has heard.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The taste of seawater drying on skin after a swim.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
He wouldn’t say where, but they paddled for a good long time, then he said they should come out and tie up the canoe; that they’d have to swim the rest of the way.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing swim
Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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Words to Know and Academic Words, Unit 6
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