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I swear by

swear a solemn oath VB (strong, binding, sacred)

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At a meeting the tribe swore to make war, finger-tasting a liquid tobacco mixture.
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Seventeen representatives from each side swore an oath to uphold the treaty, which was meant to last for fifty years.
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Early in his stint on the former program, he swore without realising that he was live to air.
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Under compurgation, an accused person who swore he didn't do the crime, and who found a sufficient number of his neighbours to swear that they believed him, was acquitted.
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Police said the man swore and spit at one of the bakery's employees after he was barred from store.
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In our company, at least, he neither swore nor glottal-stopped, nor did he affect prole-speak.
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Shiz did not stop and swore to avenge his brother.
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The suitors duly swore the required oath on the severed pieces of a horse, although not without a certain amount of grumbling.
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An oath was taken that called upon Jupiter to strike down the person if they swore the oath falsely.
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The police even said it was 30 meters wide and some people swore they saw a halo around it.
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