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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swashed
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Thirteen minutes later, after their heat shield endured reentry temperatures of some 5,000 degrees, the spacecraft safely splashed down.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026 -
The mission, which served as a critical test flight ahead of a moon landing targeted for 2028, ended April 10 when the astronauts aboard the Orion vehicle splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tents rippled in the breeze, and children played on the sand against a backdrop of shattered buildings.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The town’s operating premise is that what happened to Roosevelt in the Badlands eventually rippled out over the rest of the nation.—
Beverly Gage,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Swashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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