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{
"SWAK":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"sealed with a kiss":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135157",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"Swahili":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region":[],
": a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic saw\u0101\u1e25il , plural of s\u0101\u1e25il coast":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sw\u00e4-\u02c8h\u0113-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211430",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Swainson pea":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the genus Swainsona":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u0101n(t)s\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Isaac Swainson \u20201806":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173159"
},
"Swainson's hawk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a buteo ( Buteo swainsonii ) chiefly of western North America and South America having pointed wings and usually a dark breast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"William Swainson \u20201855 English naturalist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u0101n(t)-s\u0259nz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011518",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Swan Islands":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"two islands in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Honduras":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075254",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"swab":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a specimen taken with a swab":[],
": a sponge or cloth patch attached to a long handle and used to clean the bore of a firearm":[],
": a useless or contemptible person":[],
": a wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used especially for applying medication or for removing material from an area":[],
": sailor , gob":[],
": to apply medication to with a swab":[
"swabbed the wound with iodine"
],
": to clean with or as if with a swab":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect the area.",
"The doctor took a throat swab and sent it to the lab.",
"Verb",
"The nurse swabbed the cut with a disinfectant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The fifth, a female named Sela, did not allow a swab test. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The need for a new kind of test became clear in the early months of the pandemic, when most individuals tested did not receive results until seven to 10 days after the administration of a standard commercial nasal swab test. \u2014 Claire Spinner, The Arizona Republic , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Emilio\u2019s nasal swab test is a starting point in L.A. Unified\u2019s colossal effort to screen every single student, teacher and staff member \u2014 more than half a million people \u2014 once a week for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The 15-minute nasal swab test is widely available as well. \u2014 Hannah Drown, cleveland , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Antigen tests that use a dry swab don't produce a specimen that can be used for determining variants. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Simmons told a deputy U.S. marshal that someone must have been trying to frame him and provided a cheek swab that ruled him out as a suspect, the FBI said. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, a quick exhalation is a lot more comfortable than a swab up the nose. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The child has a cotton swab in hand and is gently sticking it up his dad\u2019s nose. \u2014 Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In January, an unidentified person pretending to be a healthcare worker was able to bypass security at Nidorf Hall and swab the mouths of several children. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, Ilyas recommends soaking a cotton ball or swab in body oil, olive oil, or Vaseline and then rubbing it on the end and under the free edge of the tape to loosen the adhesive. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Shanghai officials on Thursday acknowledged and apologized for the long wait, citing a lack of resources and facilities -- despite authorities having built more than 10,000 testing sites and trained thousands of workers to swab throats. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities have built 15,000 testing sites and trained thousands of workers to swab throats. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"Around nightfall, the police asked parents to swab their noses for a DNA test; a few hours later the match came back confirming Makenna had died, Ms. Kramer said. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear\u2019s nostrils five times. \u2014 Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear\u2019s nostrils five times. \u2014 Laura Ungar, ajc , 30 Mar. 2022",
"North Carolina's second largest school district is investigating accusations that a bus driver offered students $5 to swab their cheeks. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from swabber":"Verb",
"probably from obsolete Dutch swabbe ; akin to Low German swabber mop":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swabbie",
"swabby",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025943",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"swabbie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": swab sense 2b":[]
},
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \u201cAhoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\u201d"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200821",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swabby":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": swab sense 2b":[]
},
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \u201cAhoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\u201d"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092901",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swag":{
"antonyms":[
"droop",
"flag",
"hang",
"loll",
"sag",
"wilt"
],
"definitions":{
": a decorative strip or chain hanging in a curve between two points : festoon":[
"\u2026 transverse swags of carmine floral design and top crown frieze \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce"
],
": a pack of personal belongings":[
"\u2026 I'd be the last to strike my tent and sling my swag .",
"\u2014 Ambrose Bierce"
],
": a slow movement back and forth : sway sense 1":[
"\u2026 a shudder took the whole structure of the vessel and my body on the bed, too, and the Kentucky Queen yawed to the deep inner swag of the river.",
"\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
],
": a suspended cluster of something (such as evergreen branches)":[
"Garlands of green, with roses interspersed, were in swags and loops about the splendid walls \u2026",
"\u2014 E. Barrington"
],
": bold or brash self-confidence : swagger , cockiness":[
"His theory: \"If you want the world to change, you must be the change you want in the world \u2026 . It's good to have swag but better to have substance.\"",
"\u2014 Briana Barner",
"On Sunday, hometown faves Derrick Carter and Jamila Woods tear up the Blue stage while Beyonce's little sister, Solange, brings her grown woman swag as the headliner on the Green stage.",
"\u2014 Mary L. Dratcher",
"Lewis spoke of \"a breezy self confidence,\" known perhaps today as swag \u2026",
"\u2014 Anton Allahar",
"I'm not just talking about his cheesy one-liners and the smirk that sometimes comes with them\u2014the way he delivers that line is pure swag .",
"\u2014 LaToya Ferguson"
],
": goods acquired by unlawful means : booty , loot":[
"\u2026 the swag from this and other forms of graft was kept hidden \u2026",
"\u2014 Frederick Lewis Allen",
"\u2026 a pirate's spectral wife, who has roamed the harbor ever since she was left behind to guard his swag .",
"\u2014 Katharine Whittemore"
],
": goods given to people who attend or participate in an event":[
"Her handbags \u2026 one year were a part of the swag celebrities brought home from the Screen Actors Guild Awards.",
"\u2014 Karen Martin"
],
": money , lucre":[
"\u2026 affirmed that he is now bonded to pay up to $5,000 to any listener who may lose out on swag being offered by another network.",
"\u2014 Saul Carson"
],
": promotional goods or items":[
"\u2026 Ravens gear was selling better than O's swag . I bought one of the cartoon-bird caps \u2026",
"\u2014 David Simon"
],
": sag , droop":[],
": sway , lurch":[],
": to adorn with swags":[],
": to arrange (something, such as drapery) in swags":[],
": valuable articles or goods":[
"One of the premier spots in the area to land home-bar swag is Pub Stuff in Stafford. The store is packed with everything \u2026 for homeowners looking to make their bar stand out.",
"\u2014 Matt Pais"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"The robbers divided the swag .",
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards",
"Verb",
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The struggle to get employees back to the office continues, and tech companies have resorted to sweetening the sour taste of commuting to work with A-list concerts, office swag , and other perks. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That includes judges' feedback, limited-edition digital and physical swag , and special commemorative medals. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Friday\u2019s grand opening starts at 8 a.m., and will feature a DJ and free swag for guests, Heid said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"Sometimes camps offer discounts for teams or coaches, or even free swag . \u2014 Outside Online , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Born in Col\u00f3n Province, Akim has a certain swag and romanticism in his voice that\u2019s best reflected in his reggae plena and R&B fusions. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 3 Feb. 2022",
"So if you guys want to make rings a signature part of his look, this Valentine\u2019s day, surprise him with a ring that conveys a message of his swag . \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Edwards, the second-year guard, added swag and talent. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Eggs contained items such as bracelets, rings, stickers, candy, mini figures, temporary tattoos and Park District of Highland Park swag . \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those watching the race at home, or at the track, can scan the code and win prizes such as tickets to future races or swag such as T-shirts, hats, floor mats, racing flags, and koozies. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Then head over to Rival, the award-winning boutique hotel has a retro Art Deco swag that\u2019s inviting and super chic. \u2014 Essence , 11 June 2020",
"From major labels to local designers, her style (shout out her stylist Scot Louie) and swag behind each look are impeccable. Check out our favorite looks from Ryan Destiny below. \u2014 Maiya Carmichael, Essence , 8 Aug. 2019",
"The two-bedroom suite is further swagged out with robes, pillows, towels, and eye masks in H\u00e4stens's trademark blue and white checkered pattern. \u2014 Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Business is all about the packaging, and the enormous stacks of sharply illustrated shipping boxes for all that swag sent a clear and strong message. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 24 Sep. 2019",
"The 100-year-old maroon velvet rope still swags alongside the curving stairs. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2019",
"Souvenirs from his time include a fortune worth of silk window treatments \u2014 draped, swagged , fringed, puddled or ballooned \u2014 that reach past 20 feet tall in the living room. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2019",
"In Rossa, Buren\u2019s stripes wrap the soft edges of the building, the two patterns of color meeting in a swagging line around the middle. \u2014 Shonquis Moreno, Curbed , 6 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"2003, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svagga to sway, rock; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock":"Verb",
"short for swagger entry 2":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8swag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100510",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swage bolt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bolt with indentations swaged in its body by means of which it is gripped in masonry":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131956",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swage-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to broaden the tips of (a saw tooth) to a width greater than the thickness of the saw":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from swage-set , adjective":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040713",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"swager":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that swages":[],
": swage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"swage entry 3 + -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-wej-",
"\u02c8sw\u0101j\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swagger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an arrogantly self-confident way of walking : an act or instance of swaggering":[],
": arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior":[],
": boast , brag":[],
": bold or brash self-confidence":[
"\"Taxi\" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger .",
"\u2014 Sheri Linden",
"Thierry has the swagger of a man who blew off conventional wisdom and turned out just fine.",
"\u2014 Ben O'Donnell"
],
": marked by elegance or showiness : posh":[],
": ostentatious display or bravado":[],
": to force by argument or threat : bully":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room",
"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of the extensive preparation, McDonald said the Raiders had a new swagger about them after three-straight upset wins brought them to the state championship game. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from swag entry 1 + -er (as in chatter )":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8swa-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"boast",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095022",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swagger stick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short light stick usually covered with leather and tipped with metal at each end and intended for carrying in the hand (as by military officers)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Men of swagger: rapper Crisis Mr. Swagger, left, and General George Patton with swagger stick . \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 26 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204051",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swaggeringly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an arrogantly self-confident way of walking : an act or instance of swaggering":[],
": arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior":[],
": boast , brag":[],
": bold or brash self-confidence":[
"\"Taxi\" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger .",
"\u2014 Sheri Linden",
"Thierry has the swagger of a man who blew off conventional wisdom and turned out just fine.",
"\u2014 Ben O'Donnell"
],
": marked by elegance or showiness : posh":[],
": ostentatious display or bravado":[],
": to force by argument or threat : bully":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room",
"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
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"Aaron Tveit plays a sweet-talking swain who tries to steal away Melissa through song, much to the chagrin of the musicals-hating Josh. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 July 2021",
"Maleficent is jilted by a swain who prefers power to love. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 26 May 2021",
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"The film shifts to mechanical manipulation, though, shortly after Rossano Brazzi makes his appearance as Hepburn's swain . \u2014 Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader , 8 May 2018",
"Ere long a torch song singer was crooning some Jazz Age hits and the dance floor was crowded with flappers in fringed black shimmy frocks and their tuxedoed swains , giving us full-on Chicago in New York. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"Each episode will focus on a crime story taking place in the South, from the murder of a former biker gang to a missing bank president discovered duct-taped to a chair in a swamp . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Hartford \u2014 Greg Jones, the vice president of community health and engagement for Hartford HealthCare, prefers to call Hartford a food swamp , rather than a food desert. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
"As smaller creatures are eaten by larger ones, the resilient DDT that first landed on mosquitoes in a swamp passes upward from one creature to the next. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Biden administration recently announced $1.1 billion to fund Everglades restoration projects, the largest single injection of money into the effort to restore the vast South Florida web of swamp , marsh and forest. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"In this piece, Upholt reflects on the history of the swamp , the mythology of the region, and learning to live with change \u2014 a lesson especially important as time goes on. \u2014 Spencer George, Longreads , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a satisfying bass that isn\u2019t too enthusiastic and doesn\u2019t swamp the other frequencies. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"And that heat radiation would swamp the signals from the very most distant galaxies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"The media and politicians warn constantly of rising sea levels that would swamp coastlines from Florida to Bangladesh. \u2014 Steven E. Koonin, WSJ , 17 Feb. 2022",
"So far, Newsom holds the upper hand, thanks to the spotlight afforded to an incumbent and a $25-million reelection war chest that could easily swamp his challengers. \u2014 Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Rising sea levels of a couple of feet could swamp it, forcing its 380,000 residents to relocate. \u2014 Greg Melville, Outside Online , 13 May 2014",
"Then, interest expense could swamp the federal budget. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Still, health officials have warned the more contagious variant could swamp hospitals. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But privately, they are petrified that a Republican majority would end Biden's agenda and swamp them with endless investigations and subpoenas, promise impeachment and potentially endanger fair certification of the next presidential election. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"Ohio residents, by and large, did not appear to miss their state\u2019s swampland . \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"There was another reason to establish essential canals in the swampland of the young nation\u2019s new capital: to establish the District of Columbia as a place of federal supremacy in the minds of the previously independent states. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In 1967, Disney mounted a publicity campaign to get the Florida Legislature to establish the district, allowing the company to build Walt Disney World in record time on a massive plot of undeveloped swampland near Orlando. \u2014 Robbie Whelan, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The four-part series stars wilderness experts and best friends Donny Dust and Ray Livingston as they are dropped in various hostile locations, such as the Alaskan wilderness and a Louisiana swampland , and work together to survive for 10 days. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccm\u014dt"
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": fashionably elegant : smart":[
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],
": full of life or energy : active":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"rich people swanking around in their expensive cars",
"Noun",
"service that is the essence of swank : the waiters pull out your chair for you and even place your napkin on your lap"
],
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"1708, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1773, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle Low German or Middle Dutch swanc supple; akin to Old High German swingan to swing":"Adjective",
"perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken to sway; akin to Middle Dutch swanc supple":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8swa\u014bk"
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"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
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"noun",
"verb"
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"Verb",
"rich people swanking around in their expensive cars",
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"1773, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"verb"
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"noun"
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"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He swapped his cupcake for a candy bar.",
"I swapped seats with my sister so she could see the stage better.",
"I liked her blue notebook and she liked my red one, so we swapped .",
"Noun",
"They made the swap in secret.",
"we made a swap : I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"United confirmed on Thursday the Ajax manager Erik ten Hag will become the club\u2019s new permanent manager this summer, and Rangnick will swap his interim manager position for a new consultancy role. \u2014 Sam Pilger, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s why Buffalo will swap its first-round picks in the 2022 and 2023 drafts to the Falcons to move up from No. 25 and take its pick of this year\u2019s crop of cornerbacks, a position of need on a loaded team. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Classic car owners will swap plenty of those stories at thr third annual VW Bugs & Brew Car Show on Sunday at Alamo Beer. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The teams also will swap 2022 second-round picks, per Scheter. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Rock band Garbage will then swap in as special guests for the North American leg of the tour, with Morissette making several stops in Canada before weaving her way across the United States. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
"If anything, Black Panther 2 and The Marvels will swap places. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Biden and Yearwood will swap family recipes on the special, including the First Lady's Grandmom Jacobs' savory stuffing recipe and Yearwood's Thanksgiving turkey gravy. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The athlete will swap out her Team USA gear to compete alongside the Auburn Tigers as a freshman. \u2014 Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The episode prompted speculation the captives would be used to try to extract concessions such as a prisoner swap . \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"Kyiv has pledged to try to secure their release through a prisoner swap with Russia. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 14 June 2022",
"The Ukrainian government wants Russia to conduct a prisoner swap and hand over all those who laid down their arms, but Russian lawmakers want some of the captives to go on trial, according to Reuters. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"Reed, a former Marine, was released as part of a prisoner swap in April after having been held in Russia since 2019 on assault charges. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"But within two months, Reed was home in the United States, freed on April 27 as part of a prisoner swap agreed between the Biden administration and the Kremlin. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
"Ukraine wants to conduct a prisoner swap , but some figures in Russia have balked at the idea. \u2014 NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"The meeting comes one week after the Biden administration orchestrated the return of former Marine Trevor Reed from Russia through a prisoner swap . \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"Earlier this week, it was announced that Russia released Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine, from custody through a prisoner swap after being held in prison for almost three years in Russia. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1625, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English swappen to strike; from the practice of striking hands in closing a business deal":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4p"
],
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"change",
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"exchange",
"shift",
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"switch",
"trade"
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"verb"
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": material (such as metallic particles and abrasive fragments) removed by a cutting or grinding tool":[]
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
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"probably from Middle English *swerf , from Old English geswearf, gesweorf ; akin to Old English sweorfan to file away \u2014 more at swerve":""
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"Definition of swarga variant spelling of svarga"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103352",
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],
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},
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"Noun",
"a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
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"herd",
"horde",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180253",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115025",
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},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sw\u022frm"
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"crush",
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"herd",
"horde",
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"mob",
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"press",
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"swash capitals"
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": to move with a splashing sound":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"waves gently swashing against the shore",
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1556, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably imitative":"Verb"
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4sh",
"\u02c8sw\u022fsh"
],
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"lap",
"plash",
"slosh",
"splash"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080208",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
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"clip",
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"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
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"knock",
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"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
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"stroke",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
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": a powerful or crushing blow":[],
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"swatted the ball for a home run"
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": to make a false report of an ongoing serious crime in order to elicit a response from law enforcement (such as the dispatch of a SWAT unit)":[
"Special FBI Agent John Bennett of San Francisco said in a statement to CBS, that those who swat want to see \"a tactical response\" \u2013 specifically, they \"want to see armed officers, they want to see a bomb, dogs, helicopters \u2013 that's all part of the fun.\"",
"\u2014 Bryn Lovitt",
"The congresswoman had just been \" swatted ,\" or subjected to a malicious act in which a person hides their identity, then calls the cops and reports a violent crime at the address of whomever they're targeting.",
"\u2014 Ryan Grenoble"
],
"river 400 miles (644 kilometers) long in Pakistan flowing into the Kabul River":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb (1)",
"She swatted the fly with a magazine.",
"The cat was swatting the injured mouse with its paw.",
"He swatted the tennis ball out of bounds.",
"Noun (1)",
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Tor could plausibly have helped swat down the incoming cruise missile or even threatened the overflying drone\u2014but apparently didn\u2019t. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"They have also been observed using sticks and leaves to swat away flies. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"If someone tried to snap a shot quickly, an aggressive usher would swat his or her hand over the lens of their iPhone. Cannes handed out its honorary Palme d\u2019Or to Forest Whitaker, who was feted with a tribute during the opening ceremony. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"In the game of survival, an insect\u2019s reaction time easily beats my attempts to swat it. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"In 2003, Syracuse\u2019s impossibly long-limbed Hakim Warrick rocketed out to the 3-point line to swat away Michael Lee\u2019s open look at a game-tying shot for Kansas in the final seconds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 20 Apr. 2022",
"As anyone who has tried to swat a fly can attest, many of these buzzing pests have incredibly keen vision and fast reaction times. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The 76ers big man went up with it, but so did Anteokounmpo who took one step from across the paint to swat it away with 1.6 seconds left. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair didn\u2019t disappoint, as Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had three blocks \u2013 including the winning swat of an Embiid put-back attempt with 1.6 seconds left in the game. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Warriors outlasted Merrimack Valley Conference foe Central Catholic, 49-47, on Sunday, as Hanscom totaled 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 2 blocks \u2013 including a swat in the final seconds to help preserve the win. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Davison swatted the ball away from around the rim as time expired, and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wanted a goal-tending call on Davison's swat . \u2014 Tommy Deas, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and several players followed the officials off the court, arguing Davison's swat was goaltending. \u2014 John Zenor, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"In April, Baltimore Police and the FBI swat team executed raids on their homes. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, ajc , 16 July 2021",
"Among the best: LeBron James\u2019s late Game 7 swat of Andre Iguodala in the 2016 N.B.A. finals against a favored team on the road. \u2014 New York Times , 15 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"2007, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect, to squat, alteration of English squat":"Verb",
"s pecial w eapons a nd t actics":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of swat":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4t"
],
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"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023114",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a band used in swathing":[],
": an enveloping medium":[],
": envelop":[
"a mountain swathed by clouds"
],
": to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.",
"Her neck was swathed in jewels.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the chloroplasts swathe large portions of their flat, billowy bodies in a startling verdigris. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Sep. 2021",
"As the morning sun pours in, the two women swathe machines in bubble wrap and place them in cardboard boxes. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2021",
"This is serious wine, delicious with its core of refreshing acidity swathed in ripe, sweet flavors of strawberries and melon. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2020",
"Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"One had floors swathed in grass and walls covered in Yayoi Kusama-like dots, decorated with cartoonish pixel art. \u2014 Andrew Dickson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Koretz said at a City Council meeting, his nose and mouth swathed by a butterscotch-yellow bandanna to make his point. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
"This lucky painter has one swathed in a graphic Fromental wallpaper. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 11 Feb. 2020",
"More importantly, you'll be swathed in coziness with just the right amount of comforting pressure. \u2014 Nicole Briese, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2020"
],
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English *sw\u00e6th ; akin to Old English swathian to swathe":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English swathian":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sw\u0101t\u035fh",
"\u02c8sw\u00e4t\u035fh",
"\u02c8sw\u022ft\u035fh"
],
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"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072548",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sway":{
"antonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
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": an inclination or deflection caused by or as if by swaying":[],
": govern , rule":[],
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": the ability to exercise influence or authority : dominance":[],
": the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion":[],
": to cause to bend downward to one side":[],
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": to cause to turn aside : deflect , divert":[],
": to cause to vacillate":[],
": to exert a guiding or controlling influence on":[],
": to fluctuate or veer between one point, position, or opinion and another":[],
": to hoist in place":[
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],
": to hold sway : act as ruler or governor":[],
": to move gently from an upright to a leaning position":[],
": to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot":[],
": wield":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the sway of the ship",
"He has come under the sway of terrorists.",
"The ancient Romans held sway over most of Europe.",
"Verb",
"branches swaying in the breeze",
"He swayed a moment before he fainted.",
"The lawyer tried to sway the jury.",
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"Increasingly, Ukraine\u2019s military prospects are being determined by its access to Western weapons systems, meaning that the U.S. and European leaders hold enormous sway over Ukraine\u2019s fortunes despite their protestations of deference to Kyiv. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"This is precisely the wrong person to hold sway over Twitter. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Trump\u2019s orders would now hold sway over her community\u2019s fate. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"As the world\u2019s two biggest smartphone software providers, Google and Apple hold significant sway over what mobile apps can do on billions of devices. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Trump won Alabama by 25 points and remains popular among conservative voters who hold significant sway over Alabama\u2019s election outcomes. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"His family and allies hold sway over the economy, including finance, tourism, energy and the media. \u2014 Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The group has long exerted its sway with millions of firearms-owning voters to derail gun control drives in Congress. \u2014 Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"In recent years, as Beijing has pursued a more assertive foreign policy and expanded development funding globally in a bid to enhance its international sway , its visibility in the Pacific Islands, too, has grown. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As quincea\u00f1era dresses sway in the corner and sombreros return in a new portion, the audience sees how everything is intertwined. \u2014 Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The anger from the crowd was clear -- though crossing the GOP base may not ultimately sway the crucial block of 10 Republicans. \u2014 Byallison Pecorin, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Donovan Mitchell has a whole lot of say and sway inside Jazz operations, everything from the way the team plays on the floor to personnel decisions to strategies to culture to coaching hires to team branding. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The critics are also hopeful that environmental concerns might sway public opinion. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Hold up a beer, sway with the crowd and sing along. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Most stocks tend to sway in the general direction of the broader market to some extent\u2014and in those cases, a low beta simply means the stock just doesn\u2019t wiggle as much as the S&P 500 does. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Tiny hair cells lined up in the outer ear leap and sway , transmitting sound\u2019s vibrations to other hair cells in the inner ear that carry information via nerves to the brain. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"The Beginnings of \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 2016: Stop the Steal, a political group launched by Trump associate Roger Stone, begins warning that voter fraud will sway the Republican primary in favor of competitors to Donald Trump. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 9 June 2022"
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"Comartin is planning to attend the Detroit Regional Chamber\u2019s Mackinac Policy Conference later this month, which will serve as a sort of swan song for his career. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
"Perez Toledo\u2019s swan song , five stories featuring unfulfilled relationships and desire. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Paul Crewes, who was the artistic director at the time, serves as creative producer on what is his swan song at the Beverly Hills theater. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"James Mangold returned to the X-Men franchise for Logan, which would be Hugh Jackman's swan song after 17 years and 8 films playing Wolverine. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's swan song will continue into the Sweet 16, as the Blue Devils outmatched a resilient Michigan State team for an 85-76 second-round win on Sunday. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The studio partners behind Daniel Craig\u2019s 007 swan song would go on to spend $66 million marketing the film, including the money spent during the delayed seven months, only to switch release dates again to April 2021. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Logic had earlier said his July 2020 album No Pressure would serve as his hip-hop swan song before his retirement from the game. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Helio Castroneves was deep into what many believed would be his swan song as a sportscar driver, stuck on three 500 victories and yet to win one 24 Hours of Daytona (let alone two) or an IMSA DPi championship. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For another photo, Spears changed into a different puff-sleeve crop, this time a white one with a black origami swan boat design. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The Woodlands Township Parks and Recreation Department is preparing to open Riva Row Boat House for rentals of kayaks and swan boats . \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 4 May 2020",
"As swan boats draped with suffragist sashes drifted in the Public Garden lagoon, local activists on Friday invoked the cruel realities of the 19th Amendment that pitted black and white women against one another. \u2014 Alison Kuznitz, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"She was known to hang around the swan boat dock and follow the pedaled vessels around the lake. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com , 8 July 2019",
"Take a swan boat ride and stroll through the Public Garden. \u2014 Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2019",
"The boat rental business has also been impacted by the blue-green algae warning, said Ashley Govea, a summer employee of Wheel Fun Rentals, a company that rents swan boats and bikes to visitors. \u2014 Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com , 25 June 2019",
"At least one of the photos, depicting the future First Lady floating inside a swan boat on a still lake, and her swinging from a chandelier, combines images into a composite. \u2014 NBC News , 2 July 2018",
"The event will shut down a large parking garage under the Common and local tourist attractions, such as the Public Garden swan boats , for security purposes. \u2014 Jennifer Levitz, WSJ , 18 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The tracks for the sliding doors are baked into the tail light-to-tail lamp swage lines, which also visually minimize the door handles. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are a multitude of tools to ream or swage the crimp out of the primer pocket. \u2014 Bryce M. Towsley, Field & Stream , 23 June 2020"
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": either of two wild roses ( Rosa carolina and R. palustris ) of the eastern U.S. that clamber over bushes in swamps":[]
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"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
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"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of the extensive preparation, McDonald said the Raiders had a new swagger about them after three-straight upset wins brought them to the state championship game. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
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"Wooten's, a long-standing tourism attraction, offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides and alligator shows, in addition to an animal sanctuary that has tigers, lions, otters, and more than 100 alligators. \u2014 Michael Braun, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours is an attraction in Ochopee, Florida, that offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides, alligator shows and more, including the opportunity to see tigers, lions and otters at its Animal Sanctuary. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Now, the 110-acre park features an extensive network of zip lines, a swamp buggy tour and gator-centric shows for visitors of all ages. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 26 May 2021",
"Find similar educational opportunities with alligators there, and consider the off-road swamp buggy adventure. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Aug. 2020",
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"Take a horseback ride, go on a swamp buggy tour or see the Saturday night rodeo before retiring to your glamping tent or teepee. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 10 June 2019",
"Kids and adults alike can enjoy ziplines and a swamp buggy ride. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 10 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sarge is a swayback appaloosa, retired from ranch work who was headed to slaughter. \u2014 Denise Coffey, Courant Community , 19 Sep. 2017",
"While the swayback roofline looked like there might be foundation problems, Scott consulted several engineers only to learn there was no problem \u2014 just an eccentric design element Dilbeck often used to instantly age his homes. \u2014 By Gaile Robinson Photos By Paul Moseley, star-telegram , 2 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a lot more to like at Ninja, like delicate little Shumai, dumplings stuffed with minced shrimp, soft and light as swansdown . \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2020"
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"The first successful track, the Miami Kennel Club, was one Smith and his partners opened in 1922 in a swampy Florida locale known as Humbuggus. \u2014 Craig Pittman, Animals , 1 Oct. 2020",
"With its disparate topography \u2014 from the rolling mountains of the Berkshires to the swampy marshes and cranberry bogs of Cape Cod, not to mention its plethora of historic landmarks \u2014 Massachusetts\u2019 aesthetic appeal is also a cinematic draw. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"All roads lead to... Cotoca? From each city, earthen causeways radiate out like spokes, connecting the city with surrounding towns and villages even during the rainy season, when the Llanos might be flooded or a swampy mess. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"Where the Crawdads Sing (July 15, in theaters) As a novel, Delia Owens' swampy mystery-thriller was enormously popular, and for good reason; its satisfactions snuck up on you. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Back then, the American Midwest was a swampy rainforest, and an inland sea that has since disappeared -- known as the Western Interior Seaway -- ran all the way from what's now the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The swampy surrounds are full of otherworldly cypress trees dripping in Spanish moss and are a fun (and spooky) place to paddle, kayak or take a bayou tour. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The swampy areas surrounding Bacon\u2019s farmland were a feeding ground for duck, quail and other game. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2022",
"Her body was found six months later in a swampy wooded area near the overlook, the Green Bay Press Gazette has reported. \u2014 Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Ben O'Donnell"
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"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
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"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
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"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of the extensive preparation, McDonald said the Raiders had a new swagger about them after three-straight upset wins brought them to the state championship game. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
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"The earth moved, and a swaybacked giant jogged into view. \u2014 The New York Times, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2017"
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"This culminates in a long sequence where, like a siren of the sea, Juliette sings by a quiet stream, unaware that Jean, the swarthy , womanizing pilot whose plane went down, is bathing nude nearby and instantly falls in love with her. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Shamet feels true love from his girlfriend, and his swarthy complexion, slick hair and lean 6-foot-4 frame likely helps besides his $3.76 million salary. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The whole thing is amazing, extra tall, very attractive, swarthy , big smile, wearing a cute outfit. \u2014 Brian Moylan, Vulture , 28 Nov. 2021",
"As Patrizia, swilling martinis, grows more acquisitive, more stoked to assert control over the company, Lady Gaga narrows her features, letting a swarthy ferocity burn through them. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Mexicans became useful villains, historians say: swarthy , dangerous antagonists to fairer heroines or heroes, through a range of negative stereotyping. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2021",
"Serge, a Roman nose and swarthy menace, eyes seductive and haunted, Lord Byron crooning lewd chansons. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Here are 13 films that illustrate his range, durability and swarthy magnetism. \u2014 Scott Tobias, New York Times , 5 Feb. 2020",
"In the prisoners dock, aggressive blonde German officers sat beside anemic, swarthy , turbaned Hindus and plain American businessmen. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 6 Mar. 2020"
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"That\u2019s the station\u2019s long-running, live swap meet show. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"The swap meet at Los Angeles Harbor College started up again on the Fourth of July. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Among the doings: an antique motorcycle ride-in show, motorcycle field games, a swap meet and more. \u2014 Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Oh was a high school senior when her parents\u2019 small clothing store in a South L.A. swap meet was wiped out by looters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"This included a deep nasal swab and a baggage claim that resembled a swap meet , with suitcases and ski bags laid out in rows in a parking lot and no one willing to get close enough to help sort through it all. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"And now the swap meet at Pechanga Arena San Diego is facing another obstacle, with the imminent repurposing of the site where Kobey\u2019s has flourished for more than 40 years. \u2014 Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Richard Illustrated, who handles marketing for the Soul Swapmeet, said the swap meet is not just about selling things. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Once the swap meet reopened, some paid the fees and moved back inside. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"For example, a Luzon peacock swallowtail \u2014a particularly rare and endangered butterfly\u2014was available from Amazon in a display box for $110. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"The classic Dart shape remains the same: a broad, rockered nose; a wide, cambered midsection; and a relatively petite, tapered backseat notched with a sultry swallowtail . \u2014 Drew Zieff, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The exterior side of the Kawana\u2019s swallowtail is about a half-inch more pronounced than the interior side and is apparently meant to distribute the weight of a heel strike. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Its flavors seem airborne, flitting around your mouth like a swallowtail and touching down on your palate just long enough to tantalize you into wanting another sip. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Unlike the giant swallowtail , the gulf fritillary hatches a large number of caterpillars on its egg-laying site, and those caterpillars will often strip it of foliage during the breeding season. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2021",
"In due course, a floor manager in a swallowtail coat and striped trousers appeared. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 2 May 2021",
"There are a handful of specialized shapes, including a swallowtail in the Weston line, that our testers prefer on road-closing powder days. \u2014 Drew Zieff, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Late summer brought a squadron of swallowtail butterflies that seemed to prefer feeding on the leathery leaves of ceanothus while nearby the busy skipper butterflies focused on clusters of wildflowers closer to the ground. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"Then there\u2019s 7-2 shot- swatter extraordinaire Ike Obiagu, averaging 2.9 blocks per game. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The incident happened in April 2020 after the swatter called police to report a fake murder at Mark Herring's Summer County home. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 22 July 2021",
"So how about a bright yellow happy face fly swatter ? \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Twitter users were quick to make jokes, and Jim Messina, former President Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 campaign manager, tweeted a photo of Democratic nominee Joe Biden holding a fly swatter . \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"The $10 fly swatter went up for sale quickly after the debate. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 9 Oct. 2020",
"Back on the debate stage, Harris closes the moment by promptly smacking Pence on the head with a bright red swatter . \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 11 Oct. 2020",
"The bobblehead includes the fly on Pence\u2019s head, a plexiglass-like barrier and a removable mini swatter . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 9 Oct. 2020",
"Within minutes, the Biden Campaign jumped in on the fly jokes, tweeting a photo of the Democratic presidential nominee with a fly swatter . \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 8 Oct. 2020"
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"Notable options and features on higher models include air suspension, two more capable AWD systems, 21-inch wheels, disconnecting sway bar , 10-inch customizable head up display and McIntosh audio. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The Edition 1 pictured here includes only a front sway bar . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Yet on a rainy, slippery night, Flores climbed to the top of her precarious sway bar . \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Among these are locking the front and rear differentials (since this is a true four-wheel-drive vehicle, there is no center differential) disengaging the front sway bar or activating trail turn assist. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Put it in Rock Crawl mode and disconnect the front sway bar (and use the Bronco\u2019s available exterior cameras to navigate those rocks). \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Finally, a row of buttons on top of the dash allow quick access to locking differentials, sway bar disconnect and Trail Turn Assist settings on Broncos with those features. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"This special Power Wagon is also equipped with locking front and rear differentials, an electronic disconnecting front sway bar , and a 12,000-pound Warn winch. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 10 Nov. 2020",
"The Rubicon model has locking front, center and rear differentials, electronically disconnecting sway bars (for more wheel articulation) and off-road cruise control for crawling. \u2014 Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 July 2019"
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"During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver\u2019s assistant, or swamper , for a rig-moving company. \u2014 Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2021",
"If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived. \u2014 Joseph Serna, latimes.com , 15 Dec. 2017",
"That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar. \u2014 Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY , 8 May 2017"
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"Alligators live in the lowland swamps .",
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"The sea level rose and swamped the coastal villages.",
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"The contents of his notebook, which authorities found near his remains in a Florida swamp last October \u2014 and which the FBI announced in January included a confession \u2014 have been shared by the Laundrie family attorney, according to NBC News New York. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"Gros also found the bacterium attached to oyster shells, rocks and glass bottles in the swamp . \u2014 Christina Larson, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"As Lex Pryor reveals in this elegant, haunting essay, people with ancestral ties to the Dismal are working to change that \u2014 to memorialize the slaves who once toiled in the swamp , and the runaways who found refuge in it. \u2014 Longreads , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But, even after her husband\u2019s death thrust her directly into the swamp of railroad finance, Stanford often claimed inexperience in the workings of business and politics. \u2014 Maia Silber, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Each episode will focus on a crime story taking place in the South, from the murder of a former biker gang to a missing bank president discovered duct-taped to a chair in a swamp . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Hartford \u2014 Greg Jones, the vice president of community health and engagement for Hartford HealthCare, prefers to call Hartford a food swamp , rather than a food desert. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
"As smaller creatures are eaten by larger ones, the resilient DDT that first landed on mosquitoes in a swamp passes upward from one creature to the next. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Biden administration recently announced $1.1 billion to fund Everglades restoration projects, the largest single injection of money into the effort to restore the vast South Florida web of swamp , marsh and forest. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a satisfying bass that isn\u2019t too enthusiastic and doesn\u2019t swamp the other frequencies. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"And that heat radiation would swamp the signals from the very most distant galaxies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"The media and politicians warn constantly of rising sea levels that would swamp coastlines from Florida to Bangladesh. \u2014 Steven E. Koonin, WSJ , 17 Feb. 2022",
"So far, Newsom holds the upper hand, thanks to the spotlight afforded to an incumbent and a $25-million reelection war chest that could easily swamp his challengers. \u2014 Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Rising sea levels of a couple of feet could swamp it, forcing its 380,000 residents to relocate. \u2014 Greg Melville, Outside Online , 13 May 2014",
"Then, interest expense could swamp the federal budget. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Still, health officials have warned the more contagious variant could swamp hospitals. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But privately, they are petrified that a Republican majority would end Biden's agenda and swamp them with endless investigations and subpoenas, promise impeachment and potentially endanger fair certification of the next presidential election. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"One noticeable difference: The swashbuckling effect is gone; the graphics rely mostly on typography. \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"News reports described him as a swashbuckling reptile expert who rolled into town in an alligator-tooth necklace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"The name of the film's swashbuckling archaeologist hero? \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The swashbuckling series is loosely based on the real-life adventures of Stede Bonnet (played by Flight of the Conchords' Rhys Darby), an 18th-century aristocrat who abandoned his privileged upbringing to seek adventure on the high seas. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Tellurian: Betting on the second coming of Souki Compared to the safety of Sempra, Tellurian (TELL) is the most daring of bets on LNG's future role in global energy and on one of the industry's most swashbuckling pioneers. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Young approached it with a swashbuckling flair, leaping from boat to platform and back and at one point dragging the boat with his whole tribe inside it through the surf. \u2014 al , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Means Death, HBO Max's swashbuckling comedy about 18th-century piracy. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Power himself was the driving force behind the project, wishing to break out of his typecast persona as a swashbuckling romantic lead by playing a darker, more dynamic character. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"The summer solstice has arrived and is bringing record-breaking temperatures to a large swath of the country. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
"The number of qubits running in today\u2019s quantum machines remains relatively small, meaning experiments are currently limited to a narrow swath of information. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"So Twitter now plans to give Mr. Musk access to a large swath of its data, potentially down to its very last tweet. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"A year and a half ago, a massive swath of land near the banks of the Chattahoochee River was on track to becoming a fuel terminal to move ethanol, oil and other commodities from train cars. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, ajc , 19 Apr. 2022",
"While the main swath of rain was over for most of the Bay Area on Monday, meteorologists warned travelers to drive safely on wet roads. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
"At Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown and Blue Hills Hospital, a large swath of positions are vacant, according to workers at the facilities. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Eastern monarchs typically breed over the summer across a wide swath of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smashing and throwing a racket, not to mention swats of the ball \u2014 that hit, or nearly hit, and possibly injure people on the court or in the stadium \u2014 fall under equipment abuse in the sport\u2019s rule books. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The 6-foot-5 shot-blocking sensation tied a career-high Sunday night with six swats , and added a steal for good measure. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Despite hitting the showers early, Turner moved into fifth place on the Pacers' all-time blocks list (907) with three swats on Thursday. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Ware posted a triple-double consisting of 15 points, 21 rebounds and 18 blocks, highlighted by a series of swats in which his arm is more than a foot above the rim. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Turner is the only player in the league averaging more than three swats . \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The adults briefly exchanged swats , and one of the women appeared to punch the man in the face. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
"But three times, the bear reaches down and swats at the dogs. \u2014 Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2021",
"Accounting for 73 of Maryland\u2019s 134 blocks last season as a sophomore, Smith averaged 2.35 swats a game in an 2019-20 college basketball season that abruptly ended due to the pandemic before the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On offense, the Buckeyes split the sward between two players. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2020",
"The soft Smyrna rug in the hall yields to the tread like a mossy sward , while a circular art glass window fills the hall with a pleasant subdued light. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019"
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"She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.",
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"There were fashion books and magazines around the home, as well as cloth- swatch books and garment patterns, which Martorano studied as other boys study baseball cards. \u2014 G. Bruce Boyer, Robb Report , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The upcoming shows are expected to feature a wider swatch of material from throughout Sunny Day\u2019s catalog in comparison to the 2009-2010 dates, which focused heavily on the band\u2019s first two albums. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 16 May 2022",
"The first volume gathers a swatch of bluegrass classics, its companion volume several numbers from the likes of the Doors, System of a Down, and the Misfits, and all of them end up in places distinctly Dead South. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Connor is honoring Ohio\u2019s air and space legacy, taking up a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers\u2019 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In a February auction, RWE secured a swatch of ocean there that has the potential to generate enough electricity to power more than 1 million homes, according to the company. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"The fabric was durable in our Lab tests and didn't pill at all, which is a big accomplishment because our abrasion machine rubs each swatch 1,000 times with a rough fabric. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 4 May 2022",
"Connor is honoring Ohio\u2019s air and space legacy, is bringing along a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers\u2019 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"There was no evidence of converging winds, the weather service said, with all the damage laid out in a southwest to northeast swatch , which suggested straight-line winds and not a tornado. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Entirely self-taught, Pitseolak providentially connected with James Houston, an artist, writer, government field officer and Indiana-Jones-style swashbuckler . \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"For a swashbuckler like Burton, finding the source of the Nile was an adventure too challenging to pass up. \u2014 Gary Krist, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Douglas Fairbanks stars in this thrilling 1926 silent-era swashbuckler presented with live organ accompaniment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"And this week, the streamer kept that trend going with the release of this swashbuckler of a movie. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Korean-language library is a 2-hour swashbuckler , of a sort that feels a bit unusual for the streamer. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Once the movie star got replaced by the IP and the the marquee character, well, that\u2019s why even Pixar is centering their outer-space swashbuckler around Buzz Lightyear. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"This double bill of films co-starring the late Norman Lloyd pairs Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s black-and-white 1942 espionage thriller, featuring Robert Cummings, with Jacques Tourneur\u2019s Technicolor 1950 swashbuckler starring Burt Lancaster. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s a less-cynical (but no less depressing) case to be made that Pixar just wanted to make a mega-budget outer-space swashbuckler and went with a marquee character for understandable commercial reasons. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home. \u2014 Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2020",
"Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name \u2013 a signifier of one\u2019s caste \u2013 after hearing the swami speak. \u2014 Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 May 2020",
"The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003. \u2014 Omar Mouallem, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2020",
"Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami . \u2014 Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India , 19 July 2019",
"On one side were Mr. Cohn and free-trade advocates, and on the other was the Administration\u2019s protectionist wing led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and Mr. Trump\u2019s personal trade swami , Peter Navarro. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Delegates from both parties, all Lingayats, plead quietly for a moment of the swami \u2019s dwindling time. \u2014 The Economist , 23 Sep. 2017",
"Instead, the film is an immersive sensory experience that uses quiet pacing and dreamy rhythms to plunge the viewer inside the daily rituals and meditations of the swami and his students. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 July 2016",
"Each swami took a microphone and addressed the crowd for several minutes, some sending the attendees into peals of laughter with what sounded like standup-comedy patter. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com , 4 July 2017"
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"For example, a Luzon peacock swallowtail \u2014a particularly rare and endangered butterfly\u2014was available from Amazon in a display box for $110. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"The classic Dart shape remains the same: a broad, rockered nose; a wide, cambered midsection; and a relatively petite, tapered backseat notched with a sultry swallowtail . \u2014 Drew Zieff, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The exterior side of the Kawana\u2019s swallowtail is about a half-inch more pronounced than the interior side and is apparently meant to distribute the weight of a heel strike. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Its flavors seem airborne, flitting around your mouth like a swallowtail and touching down on your palate just long enough to tantalize you into wanting another sip. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Unlike the giant swallowtail , the gulf fritillary hatches a large number of caterpillars on its egg-laying site, and those caterpillars will often strip it of foliage during the breeding season. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2021",
"In due course, a floor manager in a swallowtail coat and striped trousers appeared. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 2 May 2021",
"There are a handful of specialized shapes, including a swallowtail in the Weston line, that our testers prefer on road-closing powder days. \u2014 Drew Zieff, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2020",
"Late summer brought a squadron of swallowtail butterflies that seemed to prefer feeding on the leathery leaves of ceanothus while nearby the busy skipper butterflies focused on clusters of wildflowers closer to the ground. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2020"
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"\u2014 Bryn Lovitt",
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"Noun (1)",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And Edwards has too, at one point getting help from Pelosi to swat back at the super PAC\u2019s claims. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"With Boston ranking as the NBA\u2019s second-best team in blocks per game, as well as block percentage (6.8%), expect Williams to swat a few more Heat shots tonight and cash this prop rather easily. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"One, they were limited to flying/sailing in relatively good weather and calm seas, as a tall wave could rise up to swat the aircraft in midair. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2022",
"The Tor could plausibly have helped swat down the incoming cruise missile or even threatened the overflying drone\u2014but apparently didn\u2019t. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"They have also been observed using sticks and leaves to swat away flies. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"If someone tried to snap a shot quickly, an aggressive usher would swat his or her hand over the lens of their iPhone. Cannes handed out its honorary Palme d\u2019Or to Forest Whitaker, who was feted with a tribute during the opening ceremony. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"In the game of survival, an insect\u2019s reaction time easily beats my attempts to swat it. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"In 2003, Syracuse\u2019s impossibly long-limbed Hakim Warrick rocketed out to the 3-point line to swat away Michael Lee\u2019s open look at a game-tying shot for Kansas in the final seconds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was the swat against 7-foot-6 giant Tacko Fall. \u2014 Joe Mussatto, USA TODAY , 6 July 2022",
"The pair didn\u2019t disappoint, as Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had three blocks \u2013 including the winning swat of an Embiid put-back attempt with 1.6 seconds left in the game. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Warriors outlasted Merrimack Valley Conference foe Central Catholic, 49-47, on Sunday, as Hanscom totaled 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 2 blocks \u2013 including a swat in the final seconds to help preserve the win. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Davison swatted the ball away from around the rim as time expired, and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wanted a goal-tending call on Davison's swat . \u2014 Tommy Deas, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and several players followed the officials off the court, arguing Davison's swat was goaltending. \u2014 John Zenor, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"In April, Baltimore Police and the FBI swat team executed raids on their homes. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, ajc , 16 July 2021"
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"\u2014 Bryn Lovitt",
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"Verb (1)",
"She swatted the fly with a magazine.",
"The cat was swatting the injured mouse with its paw.",
"He swatted the tennis ball out of bounds.",
"Noun (1)",
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And Edwards has too, at one point getting help from Pelosi to swat back at the super PAC\u2019s claims. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
"With Boston ranking as the NBA\u2019s second-best team in blocks per game, as well as block percentage (6.8%), expect Williams to swat a few more Heat shots tonight and cash this prop rather easily. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"One, they were limited to flying/sailing in relatively good weather and calm seas, as a tall wave could rise up to swat the aircraft in midair. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2022",
"The Tor could plausibly have helped swat down the incoming cruise missile or even threatened the overflying drone\u2014but apparently didn\u2019t. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"They have also been observed using sticks and leaves to swat away flies. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"If someone tried to snap a shot quickly, an aggressive usher would swat his or her hand over the lens of their iPhone. Cannes handed out its honorary Palme d\u2019Or to Forest Whitaker, who was feted with a tribute during the opening ceremony. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"In the game of survival, an insect\u2019s reaction time easily beats my attempts to swat it. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"In 2003, Syracuse\u2019s impossibly long-limbed Hakim Warrick rocketed out to the 3-point line to swat away Michael Lee\u2019s open look at a game-tying shot for Kansas in the final seconds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was the swat against 7-foot-6 giant Tacko Fall. \u2014 Joe Mussatto, USA TODAY , 6 July 2022",
"The pair didn\u2019t disappoint, as Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had three blocks \u2013 including the winning swat of an Embiid put-back attempt with 1.6 seconds left in the game. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Warriors outlasted Merrimack Valley Conference foe Central Catholic, 49-47, on Sunday, as Hanscom totaled 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 2 blocks \u2013 including a swat in the final seconds to help preserve the win. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Davison swatted the ball away from around the rim as time expired, and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wanted a goal-tending call on Davison's swat . \u2014 Tommy Deas, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and several players followed the officials off the court, arguing Davison's swat was goaltending. \u2014 John Zenor, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"In April, Baltimore Police and the FBI swat team executed raids on their homes. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, ajc , 16 July 2021"
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"the sway of the ship",
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"Verb",
"branches swaying in the breeze",
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"The lawyer tried to sway the jury.",
"She persisted in her argument, but I wouldn't let her sway me.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For six years now, nearly every Republican primary and general election in the country has been treated as a referendum on Trump, his sway over the Republican party, and his grip on the country. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"For that reason, and because of our international sway , this county\u2019s response is hugely important. \u2014 John D. Sutter, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"But in recent years, tensions have risen as Mr. Orban has increasingly sought to bring ethnic Hungarian enclaves in Ukraine and elsewhere under his sway . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the original, the Kathryn character was played by the sensational Kristin Scott Thomas, who infused the project with her effortless sway and humorously stiff-upper-lipped nonchalance. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Under their malign sway , as cost-benefit analysis became codified in government bureaus and standards of jurisprudence, previously bold Democrats reduced their dreams for betterment to feeble meliorism. \u2014 Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"While fashion holds its sway in our culture, many of us take our inspiration from pop culture, particularly movies. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"From Nebraska and Idaho to Pennsylvania and Georgia, Republicans have been actively campaigning - or quietly maneuvering - against Trump\u2019s picks in a way that could undermine his sway over the party. \u2014 Michael Scherer And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022",
"Takeaways from former President Trump\u2019s backing of \u2018Hillbilly Elegy\u2019 author, a test of his sway in GOP. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like with Gunna, those warnings were seemingly enough to sway Judge Glanville. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 2 June 2022",
"The few ballots that were challenged by either the company or the nascent Amazon Labor Union, which led the organizing effort, were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero And Anne D'innocenzio, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022",
"Ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 CBS News , 2 May 2022",
"The few ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Time , 2 May 2022",
"Ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"There are 416 ballots being challenged, which is enough to sway the result. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The votes that were either voided or contested by either Amazon or the ALU did not appear to be enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero And Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Although the vote switch wasn\u2019t enough to sway Davis County delegates to support the longtime lawmaker. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"Entirely self-taught, Pitseolak providentially connected with James Houston, an artist, writer, government field officer and Indiana-Jones-style swashbuckler . \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"For a swashbuckler like Burton, finding the source of the Nile was an adventure too challenging to pass up. \u2014 Gary Krist, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Douglas Fairbanks stars in this thrilling 1926 silent-era swashbuckler presented with live organ accompaniment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"And this week, the streamer kept that trend going with the release of this swashbuckler of a movie. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Korean-language library is a 2-hour swashbuckler , of a sort that feels a bit unusual for the streamer. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Once the movie star got replaced by the IP and the the marquee character, well, that\u2019s why even Pixar is centering their outer-space swashbuckler around Buzz Lightyear. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"This double bill of films co-starring the late Norman Lloyd pairs Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s black-and-white 1942 espionage thriller, featuring Robert Cummings, with Jacques Tourneur\u2019s Technicolor 1950 swashbuckler starring Burt Lancaster. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s a less-cynical (but no less depressing) case to be made that Pixar just wanted to make a mega-budget outer-space swashbuckler and went with a marquee character for understandable commercial reasons. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, the transitions toward an eco- swaraj \u2014a community that practices self-rule merged with ecological sustainability\u2014will face many such challenges. \u2014 Scientific American , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Truly life-sustaining recoveries would emphasize all the spheres of eco- swaraj , arrived at via four pathways. \u2014 Ashish Kothari, Scientific American , 20 May 2021"
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"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is pure prosecco fun from a family that has been making wine in Italy since Mary Queen of Scots was in swaddling clothes . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Jesus\u2019 swaddling clothes prefigure his freeing us from death\u2019s winding sheets. \u2014 Alexandra Mullen, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2020",
"Yet in every variation the meaning shone through, as durable as a soul, wrapped in swaddling clothes . \u2014 Patricia Lockwood, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020"
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054336"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061227"
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"noun"
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"swad entry 3 + -y (diminutive suffix)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061727"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Westralian Farmers Co-Operative Gazette"
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},
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"\"",
"\u02c8sw\u00e4d also -w\u022fd"
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"probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect svadde big stout fellow, sodde slow heavy fellow":"Noun",
"perhaps back-formation from swaddle entry 2":"Noun",
"probably from swad entry 1":"Noun",
"perhaps alteration of squad entry 1":"Noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Five days later, a different man wore a mask with a Nazi swastika while shopping at a Food-4-Less. \u2014 Elliott Ramos, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Police searched Rockhill\u2019s home and car with warrants and found a cache of firearms and neo-Nazi materials, including a large red flag featuring a swastika , officials said. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
"Kent State police are investigating a swastika that was painted on campus, a statement from university officials says. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Two students who hung a swastika in a Grayslake North High School bathroom will face disciplinary action, in addition to getting a history lesson about the evils of Nazi Germany, the school district superintendent said Thursday. \u2014 Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Public buildings were draped in blood-red banners bearing the swastika . \u2014 Katja Hoyer, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Were symbols of evil (the pentagram instead of the swastika this time) once again inciting legions of the discontented to overthrow an existing order? \u2014 Bob Larsen, SPIN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Aside from the swastika , the nature of the other graffiti was not disclosed. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Athey may have had an Indonesian temple swastika tattooed on his neck, but Helms had a Confederate flag tattooed on his heart. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021"
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"Sanskrit svastika , from svasti well-being, from su- well + as- to be; akin to Sanskrit asti he is, Old English is ; from its being regarded as a good luck symbol":""
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"sw\u00e4\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0113",
"-desh\u0113"
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"Sanskrit svade\u015bin native, national, from sva one's own + de\u015ba country":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073052"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-083802"
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"noun"
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": a small Australian fleshy-leaved creeping herb ( Selliera radicans ) of the family Goodeniaceae":[]
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"adjective"
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},
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4sh\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092307"
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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": envelop , swathe":[
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],
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"\u2014 Nina Auerbach"
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"He swaddled the baby in a blanket.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just by name alone, who wouldn't be interested\u2014and who wouldn't want to swaddle themselves in one for a day of comfort? \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Neither her nor Morgan appears to know how to properly swaddle the poor kid, let alone rock or shush it to sleep. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The Baby-Sitters Club is here to swaddle you in nostalgia (and help keep your offspring occupied). \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Sally Hansen Hydrating Foot Mask comes with two paper socks that swaddle dry feet in a cozy blend of vitamin E, macadamia oil, and shea butter. \u2014 Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Who can resist a character who gallantly proffers her Herm\u00e8s silk scarf to swaddle a newborn? \u2014 Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2021",
"Gill likes to make the sabzi for her daughters and swaddle it inside warm pita, or another tender bread, to make thick, satisfying wraps. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2021",
"Odfjell Vineyards, Orzada Carignan, Maule, 2018, $22 Concentrated black fruits swaddle the brooding feral, heart of this earthy Carignan. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Part of that is having a fantastic costume team ready with robes and hot water bottles and standing by to swaddle them in between. \u2014 Jean Bentley, Billboard , 6 Jan. 2021"
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"Middle English swadelen, swathelen , probably alteration of swedelen, swethelen , from swethel swaddling band, from Old English; akin to Old English swathian to swathe":""
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"noun"
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": a long pole or bar (as at a well) that can be pivoted for lifting or hanging":[]
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": a common sparrow ( Melospiza georgiana ) of eastern North America that lives in swampy places and is related to the song sparrow but distinguished by the absence of streaks on the underparts":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105437"
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"\u2014 George Sklar"
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"-kt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114946"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": lithe , nimble":[]
},
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"\"",
"\u02c8swak"
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"Low German swak supple, pliant, weak, from Middle Low German; akin to Middle Dutch swac pliant, Middle Low German swacken to rock, reel":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115045"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115209"
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"noun"
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"swaddle entry 2 + -er ; probably from the frequent mention made by the preachers in their sermons to the swaddling clothes in which the infant Jesus lay (Luke 2:7)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130027"
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4-z\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Zulu iSwazi, iliSwazi":""
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130614"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132331"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140529"
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140804"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"He swaddled the baby in a blanket.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just by name alone, who wouldn't be interested\u2014and who wouldn't want to swaddle themselves in one for a day of comfort? \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Neither her nor Morgan appears to know how to properly swaddle the poor kid, let alone rock or shush it to sleep. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The Baby-Sitters Club is here to swaddle you in nostalgia (and help keep your offspring occupied). \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Sally Hansen Hydrating Foot Mask comes with two paper socks that swaddle dry feet in a cozy blend of vitamin E, macadamia oil, and shea butter. \u2014 Erica Metzger, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Who can resist a character who gallantly proffers her Herm\u00e8s silk scarf to swaddle a newborn? \u2014 Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2021",
"Gill likes to make the sabzi for her daughters and swaddle it inside warm pita, or another tender bread, to make thick, satisfying wraps. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2021",
"Odfjell Vineyards, Orzada Carignan, Maule, 2018, $22 Concentrated black fruits swaddle the brooding feral, heart of this earthy Carignan. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Part of that is having a fantastic costume team ready with robes and hot water bottles and standing by to swaddle them in between. \u2014 Jean Bentley, Billboard , 6 Jan. 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150920"
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": to cause to bend downward to one side":[],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"the sway of the ship",
"He has come under the sway of terrorists.",
"The ancient Romans held sway over most of Europe.",
"Verb",
"branches swaying in the breeze",
"He swayed a moment before he fainted.",
"The lawyer tried to sway the jury.",
"She persisted in her argument, but I wouldn't let her sway me.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For six years now, nearly every Republican primary and general election in the country has been treated as a referendum on Trump, his sway over the Republican party, and his grip on the country. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"For that reason, and because of our international sway , this county\u2019s response is hugely important. \u2014 John D. Sutter, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"But in recent years, tensions have risen as Mr. Orban has increasingly sought to bring ethnic Hungarian enclaves in Ukraine and elsewhere under his sway . \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"In the original, the Kathryn character was played by the sensational Kristin Scott Thomas, who infused the project with her effortless sway and humorously stiff-upper-lipped nonchalance. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Under their malign sway , as cost-benefit analysis became codified in government bureaus and standards of jurisprudence, previously bold Democrats reduced their dreams for betterment to feeble meliorism. \u2014 Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"While fashion holds its sway in our culture, many of us take our inspiration from pop culture, particularly movies. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"From Nebraska and Idaho to Pennsylvania and Georgia, Republicans have been actively campaigning - or quietly maneuvering - against Trump\u2019s picks in a way that could undermine his sway over the party. \u2014 Michael Scherer And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2022",
"Takeaways from former President Trump\u2019s backing of \u2018Hillbilly Elegy\u2019 author, a test of his sway in GOP. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like with Gunna, those warnings were seemingly enough to sway Judge Glanville. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 2 June 2022",
"The few ballots that were challenged by either the company or the nascent Amazon Labor Union, which led the organizing effort, were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero And Anne D'innocenzio, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022",
"Ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 CBS News , 2 May 2022",
"The few ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Time , 2 May 2022",
"Ballots that were challenged by either Amazon or the ALU were not enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"There are 416 ballots being challenged, which is enough to sway the result. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The votes that were either voided or contested by either Amazon or the ALU did not appear to be enough to sway the outcome. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero And Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Although the vote switch wasn\u2019t enough to sway Davis County delegates to support the longtime lawmaker. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
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"Middle English sweigh , from sweyen":"Noun",
"alteration of earlier swey to fall, swoon, from Middle English sweyen , probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sveigja to sway; akin to Lithuanian svaigti to become dizzy":"Verb"
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": any of various hairy blood-sucking bugs (genus Oeciacus ) that are closely related to the bedbug and usually feed on swallows and other wild birds but may also attack poultry and occasionally man":[]
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