swashing
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It also hints that surfactants might someday be used to control bacterial movement depending on whether microbes are swashing or swarming.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Moist environments such as gut mucus, wound fluids, or the urinary tract provide surfaces where bacteria could spread through swashing, even when their flagella are not functioning effectively.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Some microbes could spread across medical catheters, implants, or hospital equipment through swashing.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Because at one point there’s a drawing on the page of what sword swashing looks like—just a crazy scribble, like at the end of a fancy old time signature.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2016
Quite a foot of water was swashing back and forth over the cabin floor, while a steady stream poured down the companionway stairs.
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris
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