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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Walker added Cricket was well-known for "keeping his act clean" in a time where some of the clubs would not have allowed any type of crude language or swear words.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

To start things off, here are three personal-finance principles that I’ve come to swear by through my own wins and losses.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I swear ... that I will faithfully carry out the duties of president of the republic," Peru's ninth president in a decade stated before Congress.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

I swear I’ve never cried so much in my life as I have in this last month.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

“Oh, I have a friend who does that,” “Oh, my cousin swears by it,” I began hearing from people as soon as I started looking for interviewees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Times food editor Daniel Hernandez swears by Cielito Lindo, a taquería that’s been around since the 1934, and still makes the most “perfectly rolled taquitos.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

“The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong,” Mark Twain said in a speech on taxes and morals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

He's also invested in an AI-powered electrical bed cover that cools down or heats up based on your body temperature, that he swears by for improving sleep.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

“Branch swears we are only three days from Winterfell,” Ser Richard Horpe told the king that night after the cold count.

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 he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. v.

From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself....

From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh

At any rate," he said, more gently, "she cannot break the mighty oath she sware.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill

The Eldridge knighte gave up his armes, With many a sorrowfulle sighe; And sware to obey Syr Caulines hest,135 Till the tyme that he shold dye.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Adams swore to the end that he was “one of the most honorable, decent cops I have ever met,” and she had met--and tested--a lot of cops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I signed, I swore allegiance, and it was all over.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The 23 senators present donned maroon velvet robes Monday and swore to "do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of the Philippines" at the trial.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

“I swore I’d protect her. And that’s what I’m going to do. They’ll come back, looking for her. That’s what that’s for.”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Hichilema will be sworn in alongside his running mate, Mutale Nalumango.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Hichilema is due to be sworn in for a second term on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Soon after being sworn in, he froze research funding at some universities and demanded changes in faculty and curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I haven’t sworn off delivery, nor do I particularly want to.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

I could have sworn I had heard about it before, during my time in Frankie’s circle.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

He's thought to be swearing allegiance to William as Edward's successor as king of England.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

For this and other reasons, Kevin Warsh, at his swearing in as the new Fed chairman External link last month, singled out Greenspan among his predecessors for praise in delivering prosperity without inflation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He whined that the singers who pulled out of the state fair are “Third Rate” and promised he would simply headline the event, swearing he is greater than Elvis, even “without a guitar.”

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

There are a few moments of swearing and thumping as Rupert takes the trunk out, then silence settles back over the night.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland