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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
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
Despite knowing Eleven’s fate in the Netflix series, Brown has a pact with the show’s creator, the Duffer Brothers, and is sworn to secrecy.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Under the watchful eye of sheriffs deputies who threatened to ticket anyone caught standing in the road, along with a small number of National Guard members, the protesters took turns screaming swears and warming up in nearby parked cars.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Colonists had to swear the oath of supremacy to the English monarch, which meant accepting the Church of England.
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Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
Despite knowing Eleven’s fate in the Netflix series, Brown has a pact with the show’s creator, the Duffer Brothers, and is sworn to secrecy.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
Noun
And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Under the watchful eye of sheriffs deputies who threatened to ticket anyone caught standing in the road, along with a small number of National Guard members, the protesters took turns screaming swears and warming up in nearby parked cars.
—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear
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Unlike Tithonus, cursed to age forever, electoral rules can and should be renewed.
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The bio-andy reached the top of the stairs, and Neusch cursed the way the verdant plants had been allowed to flourish, narrowing the balcony.
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Matthews works for Florida Shark Diving, one of several shark charter companies in southeast Florida that promise up-close encounters with some of the state’s apex predators.
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This seismic shift, likened to Tom Brady's departure from the Patriots, promises an explosive 2027 season.
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King planned to have King’s wife retrieve them after his indictment, Arriola testified.
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Zarrius also testified about his actions afterward, saying they were done in a panic.
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He’d just been followed down a country highway by an angry mob, which screamed cusses and gave him the finger.
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
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Penn said the department will conduct both a criminal investigation and an internal administrative review and vowed to hold officers accountable based on the findings.
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South Africa’s anti-migrant protest leaders vowed a rolling campaign targeting the country’s commercial hubs after tense nationwide protests ended with activists giving the government six months to enforce mass deportations and workplace quotas.
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Those facts are as damning to Stearns as Wednesday night’s collapse was to Mendoza.
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The other alterations may have contributed to the damning one.
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With little chance of surviving the Senate’s 60-vote threshold known as the filibuster, Johnson has pledged to try and pass a version of it as a budget bill, which requires just a simple majority in the other chamber.
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In 2025, a consortium of private donors pledged $1 billion toward the FCC’s construction, marking the first time in CERN’s history that private philanthropy has committed to a flagship research project at this scale.
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“Swear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swear. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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