as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
old swabs swapping sea stories as they spend their last days in the veterans' home
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as in to wipe
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Recent Examples of swab
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
The government said that one swab was 120 sextillion times more likely to include DNA from Kepner and Hudson than from Kepner and an unknown, unrelated person.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
17 Feb. 2026
Similar to his trip to the Arctic, he was set to swab and syringe anything that looked promising, secure the findings in test tubes and collect as much information as possible — salinity, pressure, temperature — about where samples were found.
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Kelsey Brown,
San Antonio Express-News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Aylesworth and Lynette Hooker’s parents provided mouth swab samples last week.
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Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
The government said that one swab was 120 sextillion times more likely to include DNA from Kepner and Hudson than from Kepner and an unknown, unrelated person.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Verb
Gragnani pointed to some municipalities in Italy that require dog owners to bring in their pets to be DNA tested so that enforcement officers can swab waste left behind and fine the appropriate party.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
17 Feb. 2026
Similar to his trip to the Arctic, he was set to swab and syringe anything that looked promising, secure the findings in test tubes and collect as much information as possible — salinity, pressure, temperature — about where samples were found.
—
Kelsey Brown,
San Antonio Express-News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swab
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The only public indication of an impending launch was the release of a warning for pilots and sailors to steer clear of the rocket’s flight path.
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An officer and junior officer monitor the radar and navigation, while another sailor sits at the helm and oversees steering the vessel and monitoring the engines.
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Finally, wipe your microwave down using a clean cloth, making sure to get the top, bottom, sides, and door.
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Suppose a relatively small near-Earth object is speeding toward our planet, threatening to wipe the city of Dallas (whose population is over a million) off the map.
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Shortly after the vessel was struck, the United Nations' International Maritime Organization paused an effort to evacuate hundreds of ships and thousands of mariners who were stranded in the Persian Gulf.
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Nearby mariners reported smoke rising from where the Fiorella was last seen.
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Was scrubbed from Friday because of bad weather in the launch recovery zone in the Atlantic.
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Then rinse the board with hot water, apply detergent, and scrub it with a clean brush to remove food debris and oils.
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Canoe journeys through the surrounding waterways will be led by Homalco guides, whose people were long recognized among the region’s finest maritime navigators.
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The navigator owned the map, compass and GPS work, keeping us on course and on time.
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Logan cannot brush his teeth or use the bathroom on his own.
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Gentler hair care practices Caring for your postpartum hair can be as simple as brushing it mindfully.
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Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
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Ensure petals are thoroughly rinsed before use.
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Clean Tile Or Vinyl Floors Two tablespoons of borax combined with a gallon of warm water can be used to mop vinyl or tile.
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The workplace fills up with work that looks finished, sounds confident, and is hollow enough that some exhausted human — usually without credit or reward — still has to mop it up.
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“Swab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swab. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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