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[swair] / swɛər /




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Celebrity fans include Maya Jama, who shares her clinic sessions, and actress Hailey Bieber, who told Time magazine: "I swear by them."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

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

She warned Ruth that if “I meant to tell of it and expose them … she would swear it was a lie.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The U.S. will pick up another South American ally on Tuesday when Peru swears in center-right Keiko Fujimori as president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 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

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

He refuses to believe his family is gone and swears to himself that he won’t rest until he finds them safe and sound.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

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

And again by another, “The Lord thy God is a merciful God; he will not forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them.”

From True Christianity by Johann Arndt

Remember what God has said, '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 Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood

To wrong the bonny lassie    I sware ’t would be a sin; So I knelt down by the watter    To dip my helmet in.

From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright

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

North Korea demolished the South's liaison office in its territory and later swore off all communication with them.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

And she swore some of them were moving.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

On Wednesday morning the court heard that when the jurors were sworn in on 4 September they were given a questionnaire which included a short summary of the prosecution case.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

She turned back around, but, just for a second, I could’ve sworn her eyes glanced at the journal.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The ex-Manchester mayor was clapped and cheered as some 200 Labour MPs welcomed him back to parliament after a nine-year absence for his swearing in on Monday, hours after Starmer tendered his resignation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Mr. Ingman looks embarrassed for swearing, but doesn’t apologize.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez




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