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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
Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Video circulating on social media shows a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.
—Associated Press, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
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Verb
This is an egregious abuse of power by someone sworn to uphold the law.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Video circulating on social media shows a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.
—Associated Press, Time, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
Verb
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Identical twins Hal and Bill (both Theo James) have been cursed by the mysterious monkey toy since childhood; their father tried to vanquish it to no avail.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the source material, Galactus is the lone survivor of a dead universe cursed with a bottomless hunger for the energy form living worlds.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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One promising technology is CO₂ dyeing, which eliminates water use entirely for dyeing certain fabrics like polyester.—
Ken Katz,
Sourcing Journal,
5 May 2025
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While Albanese was criticized for not doing enough to tame rising living costs during his first term, in the years ahead he’s promised a tax cut, cheaper medicines, lower deposits for first-time buyers and 1.2 million houses to ease the housing crisis.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
Verb
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Notably, his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, whose landmark lawsuit in November 2023 initiated the mogul’s downfall, will testify under her real name as Victim-1.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 May 2025
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Haley is one of three women who are testifying in Weinstein’s retrial in New York City, which began on Wednesday, April 23.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Noun
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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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This year, the US military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on the northern tip of the Philippine archipelago, just across the strait from Taiwan, a self-governing democracy Beijing has vowed to take by force if necessary.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite the opposition, Lawler has vowed to hold live town halls in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, rejecting the advice of GOP leadership to skip the public meetings that have been lightning rods for raucous criticism of Trump’s controversial agenda.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Winners: The flappers' defenders — many of them men — noted the unfair double-standard that damned young women for doing the same things that young men had always done.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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The idea of everyone clamoring to get a severance chip, only to damn a part of themselves to an eternal life of suffering, is incredibly bleak.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To remedy the lack of fresh food, some municipalities have pledged part of their state grocery tax revenues to attract grocery stores, and are contractually obligated to come up with the money whether the state provides it or not.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2025
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This has changed since the last general election, with mayor Andy Street losing to Labour candidate Parker, who pledged to redevelop Witton Station in his manifesto.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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