swim
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Many migratory fish, such as trout and salmon, swim up smaller tributaries to lay their eggs in cleaner, gravel-bottomed, or cooler waters away from larger predators in the main river.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
During the mission, he worried most while he was being transported over water, because he doesn’t know how to swim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"So the fish don't swim up to the shallows."
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
A Bay Area woman has made history with a roughly 900-mile swim that meant navigating hurricanes and tropical storms, an experience that took months and was alternately grueling and magical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“So” —he turned to me—“has your Togbe taught you to swim yet?”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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It’s somewhat of an idyllic place where the seashore is lined with wooden houses; sheep graze along the grassy cliffsides and residents wander around the shops in bathrobes and clogs, right after their morning swims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But it’s equally easy to sidestep that scene entirely and disappear into the gentler world of farm stands, lake swims and small-town New England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Stunning biologists, a lone coyote swims to Alcatraz.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
It has had a devastating effect on Helen, from Penrhyn-coch near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, who went from enjoying sea swims and daily dog walks to "struggling to make new memories", according to daughter Jane Richards.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
"We have come for every creature that swims," the Terrible Things thundered.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
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In experiments, the remarkably thin robot successfully swam and turned through a simple underwater maze.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Slowly but surely, it eased its way into the water and swam away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
We met a local who was going over to swim with them and we asked if it was acceptable if we swam with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The animal, known officially by the more prosaic name Bear 89, was nicknamed Backpack by rangers who noted his habit of climbing on his mother's back when she swam across the river.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
She rose in the water and swam slowly around so I could rest at the surface while waiting for the storm to pass.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Off a Mediterranean beach, countless shoes bobbed in the blue waters, abandoned by migrants who had swum to this slice of Spanish territory along the Strait of Gibraltar, just off the coast of Morocco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
An affidavit from Ghost tendered in court on Tuesday described how she and MacInnes had swum at the beach in the early evening of September 2023, returning to her apartment feeling cold.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Dr Massey, who has swum the channel and competed in the world ice-swimming championships, goes cold-water swimming once a week but only spends a couple of minutes in the water.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The feast has even swum its way into pop culture.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
The sharp water had swum up my nose, into my throat and eyes, and this made me thrash even harder.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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The beans come swimming in almost velvety sauces that are good enough that I’d aspire to make them myself.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
There are 21 bedrooms, 26.5 bathrooms, seven kitchens, offices, a library, and an indoor swimming pool.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Supporters say the existing city allocation isn’t enough and has led to deteriorating recreation centers, swimming pools and restrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
With Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - in his back garden, Hammond told the High Performance Podcast he had taken up open water swimming as he becomes "braver" than he has ever been.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It was hard work, both the swimming and later, the carrying, because then he had to bring the objects from the beach up to his much higher cave.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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