- past participle of swim.
swum
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On Saturday, Spanish officials said they began installing a makeshift, inflatable barrier that extends out some 500 yards from a breakwater where many of the migrants had swum to the enclave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
She declined to identify herself as she was in an irregular situation, having swum to Ceuta by sea with her husband and daughter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"It turned onto its back and they thought that it was dead. But by the time we went back, it was back onto its right side and it had swum a bit upstream," he explained.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The feast has even swum its way into pop culture.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Pete was the one who swum out and saved Jimmy Blake at the swimming hole.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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