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as in to splash
to move with a splashing motion waves gently swashing against the shore

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as in to slosh
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery

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noun

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Verb
  • As extreme heat hits Boston, residents are finding ways to stay cool, from splashing in Frog Pond to stocking up on water at Fenway Park, while city officials and utility crews urge people to take precautions.
    Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • White delivery vans with orange Katapulk logos splashed across each side delivered goods all over the island.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • One significant problem, however, is that red dwarfs spit out harmful torrents of radiation in fierce gusts of their stellar winds, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • After Bores entered the race, super PACs tied to investors in ChatGPT maker OpenAI unleashed a torrent of spending aimed at torpedoing his campaign.
    Eric McDaniel, NPR, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • But the timing — 1774 — and Gwinnett’s swagger positioned him to be a force in patriot politics.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • At Caspian’s Cocktails & Caviar, Caesars Palace, they are known bringing rockstar swagger to traditional indulgence, including its menu of playful twists on classic caviar pairings.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Hearing loss may happen in one person's ears, but its effects ripple through every relationship.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 29 June 2026
  • Tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated how quickly geopolitical instability can ripple through global energy markets, supply chains and inflation expectations.
    Nosa Omoigui, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
  • The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Wit and sass are sexy as Mercury and Jupiter harmonize.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • Verbs can deliver the sass of a runway model and a good degree of brushoff.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The largest among them, the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River, needs a multi-hundred-million-dollar spillway upgrade to comply with modern flood safety standards.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The matrix of canals that flow through South Florida — and the spillways that control them — are on the verge of not functioning due to sea-level rise, according to the South Florida Water Management District, which operates them.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The closest the data center would be to Weston Gardens is 370 feet, said Riley, due to a wooded floodway and floodplain between the Black Mountain property and Weston’s.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.
    Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Swash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swash. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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