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"Such is our word, such is our oath. I swear!"

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Journalist Namita Bhandare who writes a popular column on gender issues in the Hindustan Times newspaper told the BBC that contrary to what people say, many "women in India of course swear, it's not new".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

So why do so many people swear this summer has felt so unusually oppressive?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

I swear my hair got bigger, too, but that may have been a coincidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Next time we meet, this torment will be over. I swear it. Ah-choo!”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

An NBA player swears it brought him good luck after devouring it the night before a big game.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Vincent swears dogs can be trained to do anything, like open the refrigerator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Watch the actress discuss returning to “The Devil Wears Prada” nearly 20 years later, working with her husband John Krasinski on “A Quiet Place” and the parenting hot take she swears by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Why one editor swears by this detangling, scalp-massaging shower tool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

“Half, he swears it, and Hizdahr is an honorable man.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2017

And Moses declares the same: “The Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.”

From True Christianity by Johann Arndt

She meant, "Unto whom I sware in my wrath," and the rest.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard

And the servant sware to Abraham his master concerning this matter.

From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares

Secret, give me the flowers my servant sent me: he sware 'twas the first the wench made of the kind.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley

"Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore in their names a quarter of a century ago," Trump said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Regan told investigators and The Times that he swore at Bartholow but denied that he physically intimidated her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore in their names a quarter of a century ago. We will never, ever forget. That's why we fight today," Trump said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

‘Never! Till you tell me how I may rescue you,’ swore the knight, still kneeling.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

There could, however, be small steps during the so-called lame-duck session that runs from after the midterms until early January, when a new Congress is sworn in.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026

The courts were told this in a sworn statement from a senior officer, a deputy director called Witness A.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Lula defeated Jair Bolsonaro and was sworn in Jan. 1, 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Samoan Prime Minister La'auli Leuatea Schmidt wore a Jewish prayer shawl when he was sworn in last year, entering the room to the sound of a ceremonial "shofar" horn.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The snow-white ring, the height of the stools, and the distance between each stool was so perfect I could have sworn that someone had planted them.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Father and son were grateful, said Matson, swearing him to secrecy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Recent footage of young women swearing during a protest in India has sparked an unusual debate: are expletives worse when they come from women?

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kito showed Becerra a picture of the then-congressman swearing him in as a neighborhood council president more than a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

At his swearing in he promised to usher in a "reform-oriented" era, with plans to change how much the Fed communicates and to reduce the size of its balance sheet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Hate was like a fuel that drove him, kept him stumbling around in the darkness, picking up this and that inside the boat, slamming it down, swearing and hating, always hating.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen