swum
Americanverb
verb
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This particular ichthyosaur is thought to have swum the seas about 185 million years ago, a period from which very few ichthyosaur fossils have been found.
From BBC
He has picked his way across roads and railways, forded local streams and swum across the River Danube.
From BBC
Heather Hamilton, who snorkels off the coast of Cornwall virtually every week with her father David, has swum through large blooms of salps, a species that looks a bit like a jellyfish.
From BBC
While I’ve never swum with sharks, I have dedicated a significant portion of my life to journalism and cultural criticism.
From Salon
He did find time to worry that the young and famous who rise rapidly might be abandoned once they've swum out too far.
From Salon
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