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swig

[swig] / swɪg /


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I took a swig and was struck by the jaw-clenching sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

I plopped myself into a chair near the front of Gate 18D on Jan. 25 at Sacramento International Airport, taking a final swig of my 32-oz Diet Coke.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2026

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

Thomson went to take a swig out of his bottle of bubbly and - doink!

From Washington Times Sep. 26, 2023

“You’re hiding something,” he finally replied, finishing off his last bite and taking a long swig of water.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

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

Ethan swigs down a big gulp of milk and brings the bottle down like a gavel.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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

In Powell’s videotaped testimony, she swigged from a can of Dr Pepper as she dismissed Cipollone and his team as worthless — and managed to do the impossible by making Giuliani look sane.

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2022

Hader swigged kombucha, looking maximally frowzy; walking through the set, he’d muttered, “Dishevelled weirdo coming through.”

From The New Yorker Mar. 11, 2019

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

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2018

I wonder whether I actually took DayQuil when I was in the bathroom at home, or whether I accidentally swigged half of Hunter Marsh’s Alopeesh-Sure.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Like Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Burnham likes to be photographed swigging pints in pubs.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

A man dressed in a Pikachu onesie sits along the roots, swigging water and catching a breath.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2025

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

Also, rote regurgitation of the day’s memes: for instance, a battery-acid genre scene of skateboarders drinking cranberry juice, in tribute to a briefly viral TikTok starring an Idahoan swigging Ocean Spray.

From New York Times Mar. 12, 2021

During one of these interruptions, he saw them standing on the concrete apron out front smoking and talking and swigging bottles of Coca-Cola.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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