swabbed

past tense of swab

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Verb
  • Hairstylist Marissa Marino, who often works with Gomez, parted the star's hair slightly to the side, blew it out straight, and slicked it down, tucking both front sections behind her ears and flipping the ends out in upturned wings that just barely brushed her collarbones.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Hairstylist Marissa Marino, who often works with Gomez, parted the star's hair slightly to the side, blew it out straight, and slicked it down, tucking both front sections behind her ears and flipping the ends out in upturned wings that just barely brushed her collarbones.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Phoenix swept the awards season for his performance as Arthur Fleck, winning the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and the Academy Award, among many others, for Best Actor.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For every presidential election since 1992, the presidential candidate who won the county has also swept Michigan's electoral votes by winning the entire state.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • His hair has a 50s, slick matinee-idol look, combed into a quiff ready for the double bill at the Almeida.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The 200-thread count windowpane plaid set is made of 100% yarn-dyed combed cotton percale.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Horowitz scoured the lists of dealers from places like Gloucester City, New Jersey, and Oxford, Mississippi.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Search parties scoured the canyon, but their bodies were never found.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.
    David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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