swig
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Years later, at the parade celebrating her team’s victory in the 2019 World Cup, Ms. Rapinoe took a big swig of Champagne, threw her arms wide and proclaimed, “I deserve this!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
Haring popped a funk tape into his boombox, took a swig of mineral water and made his first fuchsia brush stroke on an unmarked wood panel, no pencil sketches to guide his way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
I waved to the Japanese, then unscrewed the cap and took a big swig and poured it over my face.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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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
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was able to take repeated swigs from a bottle of water during another infamous State of the Union rebuttal because someone was on set to get it to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
He lounges in a spartan room in a white tunic, taking swigs from a water bottle as he tells his story on a video call.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 15, 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
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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
There was Booty Green, who always came in wearing his Army uniform, and Maalox, an older gent who swigged from a bottle of Maalox to calm his stomach.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 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
They held ceremonial white candles and swigged mulled wine from plastic cups.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2016
I sadly swigged down my sarsaparilla through the straw Charlie had kindly provided.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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Noah was lying on the soft carpet, propped up on a big cushion, watching cartoons on TV and swigging milk from his bottle.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
We jumped out of bed and started answering emails and phone calls and swigging coffee, while trying not to wake up our two kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
“It’s just annoying,” she said, swigging water from a Mason jar.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
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
He pushed his undrunk tea back at Percy and waited for Ludo to rise; Bagman struggled to his feet, swigging down the last of his tea, the gold in his pockets chinking merrily.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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