swum
Americanverb
verb
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The feast has even swum its way into pop culture.
From Salon
He and his crew had swum another mile to Olasana Island in search of food and water.
From Literature
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
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