swan dive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swan dive
Noun
  • Lindelof offers clear communication from the middle of a back three but can be bullied when competing for headers.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The header off a corner kick sent the 30,018 fans (including the dozen or so Padres in attendance) into a frenzy.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers found that instead of hopping with just their feet breaking the surface, as older studies had described anecdotally, the frogs were actually doing a series of belly flops—sinking for a fraction of a second and then kicking themselves upward with each jump.
    Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Buster the yellow Lab is a thicc fella who can stop, but will not stop, gleefully belly flopping into his swimming pool despite the increasingly helpless and desperately profane protestations of his mother.
    Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Chargers looked past Quentin Johnston’s 13 career drops at TCU and took him in the first round.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That could be in the range of the biggest drop in sales in the company’s history, nearly twice the drop during the early months of the pandemic, when factories and showrooms were closed due to stay-at-home orders.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Clean spills, crumbs, and dirty dishes immediately.
    Daniel More, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Monday marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the largest ever spill in U.S. history at the time.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If the date calls for something a little more elevated, Leonard likes a midi-length slip dress layered under a cropped cardigan or leather jacket with boots or heels, depending on the season.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Price upon publish date of this article: $360 Silk Laundry Deco Rouleau Dress $400 Buy Now at nordstrom This 100-percent silk masterpiece can be styled from day to night and all over again, by virtue of the fact that slip dresses will never not be en vouge.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Swan dive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swan%20dive. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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