swear

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

"She was saying, 'Don't let go'. And I didn't let go of my daughter. I swear, I didn't let her go," Bicer said.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

It’s been a wild ride for the pair, but despite their snowballing fame, they swear they’re like any other dad and daughter who bicker, joke around and simply enjoy each other’s company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

I swear I can almost hear the high-pitched whine of the machines from where I’m standing.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

He swears to USA Today that he tries to “make wise decisions and moral decisions.”

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Strickland, who is Hilton’s campaign chair, swears that he and his former colleagues didn’t plan to take their crusade statewide, but “when you do a great job, other opportunities present themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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

One of Ms. Monroe’s colleagues swears me in, and I promise on the Bible to tell the truth.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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

That i wont sware enny, unless i am put under oath.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

A fly, the dear, little, social innocent, kant make me sware, not even an abreviated dam.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

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

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Whenever the tone of the film tilts toward the overly reverent, Waters comes in with a bit of wisecracking, truthtelling remembrance: Oliver chain-smoked, swore, was stubborn, walked in the forest “like a crazy person.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Red eyes that previously had been cute in the middle of fuzzy faces now glowed menacingly from the darkness, and Jack swore he heard a voice, tiny but clear, reciting something in a strange language.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Kiir will remain in office with full constitutional powers until an elected president is sworn in.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

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

Lutnick stepped down from leadership roles at Cantor and hundreds of organizations last year, mainly in February, the month he was sworn in, according to the filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The only new name I have is the one I’ve been sworn to secrecy about.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Some social media users are swearing by a way of avoiding ads on Pinterest, WSJ Leadership Institute’s Megan Graham reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin