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Meanings of swim to shore in English

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Usage of swim to shore in English
1
Many were drowned, but the greater part managed to swim to shore.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes
2
Several of the migrants jumped overboard and tried to swim to shore.
Reuters
3
A 19-year-old man who was with them managed to swim to shore.
Reuters
4
It's a long swim to shore but not an impossible one.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
5
His attempts to swim to shore were then frustrated by 11 degree water.
The South African
6
The teenager managed to swim to shore and raise the alarm.
The South African
7
Already all opportunity for the girl to swim to shore was irremediably past.
The Sky Line of Spruce
8
But don't talk, we have a mile and a half swim to shore.
The Perils of Pauline
9
Ten people were rescued from the water, and four managed to swim to shore.
The Irish Times
10
The boys clung to the rescue pod and were able to swim to shore.
Radio NZ
11
Well, I can't swim to shore in all these clothes.
A Little Miss Nobody; Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall
12
The answer was clear enough: he'd swim to shore.
Assail
13
All right, then, Umbo and Loaf must leap from the boat and swim to shore.
Pathfinder
14
I told Rory we needed to swim to shore.
My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
15
The quokka was able to swim to shore from a jetty near the Rottnest Hotel.
Radio NZ
16
Those on board had just time to scramble into the boats, or swim to shore.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
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