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Noun
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Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026 -
And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.—
NR Editors,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2020
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The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.—
Time,
Time,
11 June 2019
Noun
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The man pushed Littrell's phone away, and the two began filming each other and hurling expletives.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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On some of her livestreams, she can be seen screaming expletives in the face of police officers.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The unspoken obscenity of the incident was that fifty dollars was all Monroe ever profited from a calendar that, thanks to reprints, moved several million copies by 1955.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
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Documents state that Ebert returned a few days later to William Yates' house to yell obscenities at his wife and a friend who were sitting outside.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The president of the United States shouldn’t conduct foreign policy via a racist, profanity-laden Easter morning post.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Despite such widespread use, major news organizations still refrain from publishing or airing profanity except in rare cases.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The swearword wasn’t mentioned in the rest of the email.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
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“Dysphemism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysphemism. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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