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Recent Examples of swan
The music video, in which Tay swans around a Malibu mansion in a pastel two-piece, was more controversial.
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Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
This season reaches its pinnacle of camp with a visit from Oscar Wilde himself (Jordan Sebastian Waller), who swans through a crowd of Manhattan elite dropping droll asides after the premiere of his first play, Vera; or, The Nihilists.
—EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
People, especially San Francisco old-timers, like to talk about the way our politicos tend to swan through the dining room at lunchtime, shaking outstretched hands on the way to their favorite tables.
—Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
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Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
This season reaches its pinnacle of camp with a visit from Oscar Wilde himself (Jordan Sebastian Waller), who swans through a crowd of Manhattan elite dropping droll asides after the premiere of his first play, Vera; or, The Nihilists.
—EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
People, especially San Francisco old-timers, like to talk about the way our politicos tend to swan through the dining room at lunchtime, shaking outstretched hands on the way to their favorite tables.
—Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swan
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The man in the box turns out to be Chalamet, who emerges with a shorn head in a Marty Supreme sweatsuit and strolls off the field, into a shipping container, and onto a movie junket set-up.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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Five minutes later, Chris Jones strolls into the same space — not all that unlike his stroll on his final play — and offers the same sentiment more forcefully.—
Sam McDowell
Updated October 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Kids will love sending this Dilophosaurus sauntering across the floor, frightening everything and everyone in his path.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mammoth Hike Challenge encourages people to hike, walk, run, backpack — or even saunter or skip, the alliance's website says — 45 miles of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and visit three Ice Age Trail communities during October.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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For Thiago’s second goal midway through the first half, Ouattara ambled back towards his own goal down the centre of the pitch, dragging Shaw and Dorgu with him.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Preservation in progress On a Tuesday in July, a dozen or so visitors ambled between Fallingwater’s main living room and its terrace, museum-tour headsets dangling from their ears, appearing more intrigued than irritated by the tower of scaffolding and tarps that rose above them.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Spend a quintessential small-town day moseying through the local shops and boutiques on historic Main Street.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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Video and data analysts mosey around preparing reports, coaches interact with team managers and players arrive hours before kickoff.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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The blue Hyundai came to rest on its roof in the shopping center parking lot in the 8700 block of La Riviera Drive just east of Watt Avenue and south of the American River.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Diego Rincon, creative director at Lifted, says the team spotted an opportunity to work up a big new hit of this ilk after ITV’s stalwart Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway was rested.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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German and French delegations packed new national pavilions, Polish and Dutch firms demoed loitering munitions and EW suites, and US primes like Lockheed Martin, RTX (Raytheon), and AeroVironment dominated the floor with NASAMS, HIMARS, and unmanned systems.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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The American model also calls for the storm to head back out to sea starting on Monday, while the European model has the storm loitering just offshore through at least Tuesday.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Swan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swan. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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