- past tense form of swim.
swam
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In experiments, the remarkably thin robot successfully swam and turned through a simple underwater maze.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Lee got his friends to enter the water to help keep the teenager's head above the surface while he swam to get help from a dad who was in a dinghy with his son.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The animal, known officially by the more prosaic name Bear 89, was nicknamed Backpack by rangers who noted his habit of climbing on his mother's back when she swam across the river.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
As the airplane began to sink, Tiffany, 68, and Boltz swam to shallow water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The water was deep, and Christopher swam fast.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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