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as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent
swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
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as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
can't you express your frustration without using swears?
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Recent Examples of swear
Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Clean Out a Clogged Drain Williams swears by this method to get a clogged drain moving.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
Podiatrists recommend them, travelers love them, and even nurses on TikTok swear by them.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
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Verb
Many of those who remained claimed after the war to have been bound by the oath of personal loyalty they were forced to swear to Hitler.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Clean Out a Clogged Drain Williams swears by this method to get a clogged drain moving.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
Inland Istria While first-time visitors to Istria, easily one of the best places to visit in Croatia, make a beeline for the coast, those in the know swear by the peninsula's green interior.
—Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
Podiatrists recommend them, travelers love them, and even nurses on TikTok swear by them.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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Formula 1 drivers swear they should be allowed to curse.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Someone had carved the name of a man—one of the house’s former owners—upside down, a superstitious practice of cursing someone by defacing their name.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Revamping the government: Trump promised to name billionaire car manufacturer Elon Musk, one of his highest profile supporters, to head a government commission to sharply cut federal spending.Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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This cozy looking comfort food promises to be hearty, creamy and thick — and perfect for a fall or winter day.Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Honda and Toyota, who make more vehicles than any other carmaker in the United States, testified in Congress that their research and dealers say consumers are not ready yet.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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One of the couple's other children, daughter Emily, testified that her mother had another affair in 2009 and her parents' relationship was under tremendous stress, according to FOX 5.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus of budget appliances failing before their time.Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.Jim Meddleton, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
Verb
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Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
Verb
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Hochul was still speaking when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy issued a statement from the other side of the Hudson River condemning the plan and vowing to sue to stop it from going into effect.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roberts eventually took a job as a deputy coroner and later ran successfully for coroner of Bingham County in 2022, vowing to give every death its due.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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The duo also went on an ostentatious spending spree in the immediate aftermath of their parents’ deaths, which damned them in the view of many.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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Unfortunately, Lewis just so happened to recently find himself at the scene of a murder involving none other than Rose's policeman ex-boyfriend Joel (Kyle Gallner), the person who witnessed Rose's self-immolation in the final minutes of the first movie and damned himself in the process.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Donald Trump has pledged to slap high tariffs on imports and slash corporate income taxes.Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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During his 2016 campaign, Trump pledged to appoint Supreme Court justices who could help overturn Roe v. Wade.Randi Richardson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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