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swim

verb as in make way through water using arms, legs

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They have an IP68 rating, fit comfortably under a swim cap, and can be submerged in 2 meters of water for up to two hours at a time.

Also, consider making the jump to a saltwater above-ground pool for a more natural, soothing swim.

It’s prime mountain biking and trail-running terrain, with quiet beaches for a lonely swim all along the way.

When you go for a swim in the ocean after applying sunscreen, or shower at the end of the day, some can wash off your body and end up in waterways.

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Somehow she had to wash off the loss and reset for the mile-long swim to come.

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Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.

Adult Swim airs ‘In Search of Miracle Man,’ its follow up to ‘Too Many Cooks,’ the deranged late-night comedy clip gone viral.

He walked down to the beach anyway, in the rain, and went for a long swim.

Her downfall came about, because for a second she forgot that to swim in the shark pool, you have to always act like a shark.

My father used to swim in these fountains, to cool off from the heat and to make my mother laugh.

But, do you know, I have a notion to go down to the beach and take a good wash and even a little swim, before dinner?

She felt her sails flapping about her, but none the less was she determined to reach her goal if she had to get out and swim.

Swim to the edge of the moat and, clambering out, take to his legs was naturally the first impulse.

He abandoned his grip of the wall and began to swim gently toward the eastern angle.

So, when they saw the land quite near, what did they do but leap overboard, and swim towards it!

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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