swimmer
Americannoun
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swimmers
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"But even at slow swim speeds, one could imagine a muscle-powered swimmer being used for purposes like environmental monitoring in aquatic environments."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Although that is much slower than an Olympic swimmer, who can travel up to 65 body lengths per minute, it is comparable to the swimming pace of a cow shark moving leisurely through the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Barbara Briceland, Lochrenberg's partner, told the BBC the retired medical physicist was a good swimmer, who often swam far out into the breakers, and described her as very brave.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After Princeton, the keen swimmer took a postdoc at Stanford focused on protein analysis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
No strong swimmer, he struggled as best he could to the boat, and pulled himself up into her.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fellow swimmers brought her to shore, but it's believed she died before they could get her out of the water.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Not especially keen swimmers, they used their mousing skills to secure passage on world-traveling ships piloted by merchants and explorers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The rescues have mostly been of swimmers not properly judging the strong currents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sewage from Tijuana flows into Imperial Beach, Coronado and other parts of southern San Diego County, sickening swimmers and surfers, forcing beach closures and threatening Navy SEALs training in Coronado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Neither have about thirty who thought they were good swimmers.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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