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Recent Examples of swash
Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 5 Oct. 2024
The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Other dishes were similarly transcendent: a slab of duck breast was tender and rare, with crisp skin and a dazzling swash of orange sauce.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2024
Hourglass Scattered Light Eyeshadow Hourglass’s Scattered Light Eyeshadow is a fun date night accessory thanks to a swash of sparkle that’s easy to apply: just a few dabs of product onto your eyelid, and the pearls will reflect light beautifully.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023
Some big trout are still in the swash on the beach at dawn, though this action will slow as the water continues to warm—topwaters get them.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 18 June 2021
Glow Set a travel necessity—perfect for quick makeup touch-ups, passing through TSA, or a shimmering swash of color.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
Hollywood’s history is rich with swash-buckling scenes.
—Allison Prang, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
Next in line are those tiny sand crabs that tickle your toes in the swash zone, where waves push up onto the sloping beachfront leaving lines of foam and clumps of oil.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
Noun
This cushiony highlighter deposits a swash of subtle champagne, rose quartz, or gold while the squalane (the secret star of the show) provides moisture for a long-lasting look that provides a skin-like, never cakey, finish.
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Examples of high-risk exposure include being splashed with raw milk from an infected cow or exposed to the virus while culling infected poultry, Shah said.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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The new advice is to test anyone with a significant bird flu exposure, such as an unprotected worker who’s been splashed in the face with raw milk on a dairy farm with known H5N1 infections in the herds.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Near ubiquitous, however, is consternation about the election process as a whole, with Pennsylvania being Ground Zero for an unyielding torrent of partisan propaganda.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women’s voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Another Mifune starrer — has any actor ever had greater swagger?Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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In multiple scenes of the trial playing on TV in the Asylum or of Arthur returning from a long day of court with Joker-ish swagger, the camera focuses on a young inmate (Connor Storrie) who watches Arthur with an obsessive gleam in his eye.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The severe deterioration of the real estate market and a slump in Chinese stocks have given gold a new luster, and the enormous appetite for gold that China’s central bank has shown has rippled out to Chinese citizens too.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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Fast-food brands like McDonald’s have leaned into value menus to lure customers back, and full-service chains like Red Lobster are embarking on ambitious makeovers to fend off bankruptcies that have rippled through the sector.J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
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At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Ernie slowly made his way up the stairs with a little sass in his walk, still ensuring his stick hit every support of the railing.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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This season's contestants include Jamie Oliver's biggest fan, a Sri Lankan Australian with a knack for spice and sass, and a man who had a close encounter with a crocodile and lived to tell the tale.Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2024
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Both years saw major flooding and use of the spillway.Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
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The inspection found deterioration of the spillway outfall pipe, and trees growing upstream, downstream and along the embankment, the consent order states.Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
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For one thing, the equipment and restrooms sit right in the floodway, and are often a few inches deep in standing water when Walnut Creek overflows after heavy rainfall.Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
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The development would be built up to the edge of the creek's floodway, an area where flooding would be significant in a flood event.Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2024
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“Swash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swash. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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