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swimming

adjective as in existing in liquid

Strong match

noun as in water sport

noun as in traversing water

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“I played every sport growing up — soccer, football, basketball, golf, tennis, rugby, swimming,” he said.

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They set him up by giving him dissolvable swimming shorts to wear in the pool.

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Elordi’s first memory growing up in Brisbane on the east coast of Australia is either his grandmother biting his butt or him careening down a blue slide into his swimming pool.

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While it is not expected to make landfall in the U.S., its effects are far-reaching, with life-threatening rip currents and surf along much of the East Coast that makes swimming dangerous.

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The man texted photos of rehabs that looked like Hollywood mansions for movie stars, with swimming pools and hot tubs.

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

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