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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

Trying to wash it down, he took a quick swig of water.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

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

He deftly sliced off a thin piece of what looked to be mainly icing to try his cake before taking a swig from his water bottle.

From Washington Times May 5, 2023

His trainer gave him a swig of seltzer, which he spit into the bucket.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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

At the cooling station, I take giant swigs from my water bottle, then wet the bandanna I use to wipe the salt and perspiration off my grimy face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

Istvan swigged at intervals from a magnum-size vessel of greenish energy drink he picked up on our last Walmart stop.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2017

Ms. Willis had her hot chocolate in a jelly jar and Dean swigged from a soup bowl.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

Flanking the dance floor are guests grazing on free cheese pizza from Pizzanista and swigging from slim cans of Roxie, a zero-proof mocktail.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2023

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

Taurasi made it, though, and for a moment she could revel at the finish line, swigging Champagne, slinging one-liners.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

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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