swimmers
Britishplural noun
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With rip currents, which are "normally quite a narrow channel of water moving out to sea", Ayers said "competent" swimmers should swim parallel to the shore to get out of the flow.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
There are hunters and prey, parasites and hosts, swimmers and sitters, and there are those with varied diets while others photosynthesize.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Members of the nearby South End Rowing Club, home of many Bay swimmers, are fascinated with Chonkers and many have popped over to Pier 39 to check him out, said Vanessa Marlin, the club’s president.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
She broke her first Masters record, which is for swimmers over 25, in 1986, which grew to 100 records by the time she was 80 years old.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
One of the commemorative events was a race between Jableh and Lattakia, in which swimmers from all over the Arab world would swim thirty kilometers through the Mediterranean.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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