as in sweats
a state of nervous or irritated concern
she's all in a swivet over the meeting
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Noun
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Keep scrolling below for more pairs of comfortable summer travel pants, including cozy sweats and casual capri pants under $30.—
Madeline Merinuk,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026 -
She was arrested in a dramatic raid last fall and came to her first court appearance looking weak from liver failure and wearing sweats, a pair of glasses and her hair pulled back in an informal bun.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This mandolin is quite different from my flat-back, the strings closer together, the arm shorter, the frets more tightly spaced.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Melbourne cafe owner Michael Hannah looks over the half-empty lunchtime tables and frets how much worse things will be when the state government enshrines a world-first right to work-from-home later this year.—
Joe Flynn,
Bloomberg,
1 Apr. 2026
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High temperatures may cause some battery range loss, but there are ways to conserve battery capacity even during spring and summer swelters.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Swivets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swivets. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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