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Years later, at the parade celebrating her team’s victory in the 2019 World Cup, Ms. Rapinoe took a big swig of Champagne, threw her arms wide and proclaimed, “I deserve this!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Trying to wash it down, he took a quick swig of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

On cue, the camera cut to Rhea Perlman passing her silver flagon to Lisa Ann Walter, who took a swig.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024

He deftly sliced off a thin piece of what looked to be mainly icing to try his cake before taking a swig from his water bottle.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023

Keeping my eyes shut, I feel for the water bottle and take a swig and I tear a piece from Wilf’s bread and chew it down.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

But every time someone swigs the raw milk, they’re taking that chance on everyone’s behalf—it’s like buying a lottery ticket for which the prize is a disaster, for everyone.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024

De la Garza acquiesced and the pair shared a quick toast before taking their respective swigs.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

During at least two days of the trial, which ended Thursday with a judgment in Paltrow’s favor, the actress toted a half-liter green glass bottle from which she took fortifying swigs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

At the cooling station, I take giant swigs from my water bottle, then wet the bandanna I use to wipe the salt and perspiration off my grimy face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The lemon squash, pilfered off the courts at the end of the day and swigged undiluted on the return coach trip, never even made it that far.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023

There was Booty Green, who always came in wearing his Army uniform, and Maalox, an older gent who swigged from a bottle of Maalox to calm his stomach.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022

This performance combines imitation and evocation; Dirty’s every gesture—every swigged drink and slinky entrance—is dancerly, in a series that plays like a great piece of work about the quest to achieve freedom of movement.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019

Christine Blasey Ford had swigged cola during her turn earlier that day.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2018

Ms. Willis had her hot chocolate in a jelly jar and Dean swigged from a soup bowl.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Flanking the dance floor are guests grazing on free cheese pizza from Pizzanista and swigging from slim cans of Roxie, a zero-proof mocktail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

I must have been a sight: swigging Suprep, laughing in the dark, illuminated only by the glow of my iPhone as Sandra Oh played out scenes from my professorial life.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2022

The playoffs had arrived, though, and so here came Brady, swigging from an oversized water bottle, designer bag slung around his shoulder, just the right amount of gel holding every hair in place.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022

No viral video embodies 2020 more than the TikTok clip of Nathan Apodaca swigging Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice while longboarding as Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" plays in the background.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2020

He pushed his undrunk tea back at Percy and waited for Ludo to rise; Bagman struggled to his feet, swigging down the last of his tea, the gold in his pockets chinking merrily.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling