swum
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An affidavit from Ghost tendered in court on Tuesday described how she and MacInnes had swum at the beach in the early evening of September 2023, returning to her apartment feeling cold.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Of those, 84% of respondents to the consultation had swum at the bathing ponds, and 74% lived in London.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
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 • Oct. 9, 2025
While I’ve never swum with sharks, I have dedicated a significant portion of my life to journalism and cultural criticism.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025
There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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