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
He has picked his way across roads and railways, forded local streams and swum across the River Danube.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
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 • Aug. 10, 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
Many times I had swum farther than this, although not in a storm.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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