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bathers

British  
/ ˈbeɪðəz /

plural noun

  1. a swimming costume

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Where is the evidence that it’s a risk for bathers to use the ocean?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

With its spectacular white formations rounded by erosion, the so-called 'moon beach' has bathers packed tighter than an astronaut's suit during summertime.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

At a beach just south of Tel Aviv, bathers cheered and applauded when a lifeguard first announced rumours of the death over a loudspeaker.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

Back at the lakefront, black bathers stormed from Twenty-Sixth Street to the Twenty-Ninth Street beach.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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