Example Sentences

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“We perhaps have the makings of a deal here,” Bessent said from the White House, noting both sides have been swapping proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"That means that they must have been swapping saliva for hundreds of thousands of years after the two species split," explained Dr Brindle.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

In the gay hamlet of Fire Island Pines, where he owns a bungalow, men have been swapping gossip about ghastly symptoms, scanning each other for any blemish, scrounging for medical interventions in short supply.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

Many middle-power countries have been swapping details of their responses, supporting shared solutions — like vaccines — and starting to look ahead.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

Its members have been swapping products with other infusion services and even limiting the number of new patients they accept.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2018