swear
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But some workers swear by mouse docks, like one made by Tech8 USA, that keep cursors moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Walker added Cricket was well-known for "keeping his act clean" in a time where some of the clubs would not have allowed any type of crude language or swear words.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
To start things off, here are three personal-finance principles that I’ve come to swear by through my own wins and losses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But Todd had seen my show, and when we went to do the first take, I didn’t think I was allowed to swear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He reaches for his holster, and I swear I stop breathing, but he whips out a wooden wand, a wizard’s weapon of choice.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
“Oh, I have a friend who does that,” “Oh, my cousin swears by it,” I began hearing from people as soon as I started looking for interviewees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He swears to USA Today that he tries to “make wise decisions and moral decisions.”
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Times food editor Daniel Hernandez swears by Cielito Lindo, a taquería that’s been around since the 1934, and still makes the most “perfectly rolled taquitos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Why one editor swears by this detangling, scalp-massaging shower tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
There was a kid at nursery school who was always saying swears, and Mrs. Bennett did not find it amusing at all, not even for one single minute.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2017
O hae ye gotten anither fair love, For a' the oaths ye sware?
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself....
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
Upon which, the king sware unto her with an oath.
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
"Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore in their names a quarter of a century ago. We will never, ever forget. That's why we fight today," Trump said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
North Korea demolished the South's liaison office in its territory and later swore off all communication with them.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Adams swore to the end that he was “one of the most honorable, decent cops I have ever met,” and she had met--and tested--a lot of cops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Whenever the tone of the film tilts toward the overly reverent, Waters comes in with a bit of wisecracking, truthtelling remembrance: Oliver chain-smoked, swore, was stubborn, walked in the forest “like a crazy person.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Grandma Miller swore she knew I was the one for her right away.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
There could, however, be small steps during the so-called lame-duck session that runs from after the midterms until early January, when a new Congress is sworn in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
On Wednesday morning the court heard that when the jurors were sworn in on 4 September they were given a questionnaire which included a short summary of the prosecution case.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
I thought I’d sworn off self-indulgence, but here I was asking my soon-to-be-wife to indulge me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Samoan Prime Minister La'auli Leuatea Schmidt wore a Jewish prayer shawl when he was sworn in last year, entering the room to the sound of a ceremonial "shofar" horn.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“If I have sworn not to do something—sworn in God’s name—must I keep my word?”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Kito showed Becerra a picture of the then-congressman swearing him in as a neighborhood council president more than a decade ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He's thought to be swearing allegiance to William as Edward's successor as king of England.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He whined that the singers who pulled out of the state fair are “Third Rate” and promised he would simply headline the event, swearing he is greater than Elvis, even “without a guitar.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Branding himself "The Tiger," the candidate has a penchant for swearing and is known for his hot temper.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
“Mercy, Maud,” said Mother, which was the closest she ever came to swearing, too.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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