Example Sentences

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Stunning biologists, a lone coyote swims to Alcatraz.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

But eventually she adjusts and swims in the dark, beneath the ice, from one temporary opening to another, making a journey that is about much more than space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Not every collection is a success: a delicate red-orange shrimp daintily eludes the suction tube, swirling its long antenna as it swims almost triumphantly beyond reach.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Organisers of some Christmas and Boxing Day swims in Devon and Cornwall had postponed or cancelled events due to a yellow weather warning for wind.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Finnick spots him about twenty yards out in the water, barely keeping afloat, and swims out to haul him in.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins