swam

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Once, they swam in most streams of the Santa Monicas, but their numbers plummeted amid overfishing and coastal development.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The previous humpback travel record was held by a whale that swam more than 13,000 km from Colombia's Pacific coast to Zanzibar off eastern Africa.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Later, recorder on, I asked my father about the country he left behind when he swam onto the crystal shores of the American Base at Guantanamo Bay.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

It swam free in early May after a water-filled barge carried it into the North Sea.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The next morning, Duane swam over to the Shipwreck to pay C.C. a visit.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el