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swans

verb

present tense third-person singular of swan
as in strolls

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  1. strolls
  2. ambles
  3. saunters
  4. moseys
  5. lingers
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  • Erika Girardi strolls in, followed by Teddi Mellencamp and her new Rachel Maddow power-lesbian haircut.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Reacher is a behemoth who strolls into towns in the South and the American heartland.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of strolls
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  • Note that Denise is the parent who arms herself with a rifle and first shoots a dinosaur while Greg ambles around with a baseball bat.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In the footage, the cat gingerly ambles around near the bridge’s edge.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of ambles
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  • Travis saunters over to dap him up through the cab’s open window, but this one has its own special, age-gap flair.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Bands perform as the peaceful crowd saunters, with the visual entertainment of beefy men cooking barbecue on giant grills.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of saunters
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  • The biggest season 7 addition, however, is that of Clay (Riverdale's Cody Kearsley), a mysterious rodeo rider who moseys into town with a problematic past.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of moseys
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  • That lingers in the existence of the Transportation Security Administration and the general hardening of security measures in society overall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The heartbreak of last year's football playoffs exit still lingers around North Crowley.
    — Jaylon Shoots, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of lingers
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“Swans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swans. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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