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  • Finally, in a post called Swapping at Parties, I explored the idea of holiday parties where guests bring food and exchange with others.

    Blogher Month in Review Kalyn Denny 2006

  • Finally, in a post called Swapping at Parties, I explored the idea of holiday parties where guests bring food and exchange with others.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Kalyn Denny 2006

  • "Swapping" donors in this fashion is called a paired swap.

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2009

  • Swapping Aubusson rugs for rush matting and slipcovering all the "winter" upholstery seems very "Brideshead Revisited"—fantastically excessive behavior from another era that most people have neither the time nor cash to pull off.

    Let the Sun Shine In Sara Ruffin Costello 2011

  • Swapping his customary black leather garb for jeans and a lumberjack shirt he plays the lead in Tennessee Williams' "Kingdom of Earth," a psychological drama about two warring half-brothers in rural Mississippi in the 1960s.

    The Formidable Nouveautés of Fall Lennox Morrison 2011

  • Swapping euros into dollars is getting cheaper, with the three month euro dollar cross currency basis swap tightening to minus 87.5 basis points from minus 89.5 basis points Tuesday.

    Dollar Gains; Euro Near $1.27 Anusha Shrivastava 2012

  • Swapping some of the Championship's less desirable grounds for unlikely overseas trips has helped to numb the pain of relegation from the Premier League and provided the perfect escape from the financial problems that continue to cast a shadow over the club and threaten to bring further upheaval in the near future.

    Birmingham hope to extend Europa League 'distraction' 2011

  • Swapping just that much of his body back and forth to mist, cutting his face off while continuing to ignore my hand, still stuck through his chest, claws gripping the seat cushion. . .

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Swapping 200 64-watt compact-fluorescent lightbulbs on balconies with 13-watt CFLs and changing out 50 20-watt halogen lamps with cooler and more efficient 4-watt LED lamps saved electricity.

    The biggest losers: UNC students go on an energy diet 2010

  • Swapping euros into dollars remains expensive, with the three month euro dollar cross currency basis swap widening to minus 154.5 basis points from minus 149 basis points on Monday.

    Euro Makes Modest Gains Anusha Shrivastava 2011

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