swim
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The taste of seawater drying on skin after a swim.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
He says it comes from something he did when he was on a swim team in high school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“I have good watches, but I swim, and I find that the cheaper watches are better.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Chiedza, who could not swim, got out of her depth while fetching a volleyball from the sea while playing with her 11-year-old cousin.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“Because you need to practice this more than anyone. I want you to swim it at Spring Regionals. You got that?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing swim
Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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Words to Know and Academic Words, Unit 6
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