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  • So-called swimmer's ear acute otitis externa results in pain, tenderness, redness and swelling of the external ear canal, usually caused by a bacterial infection in the outer ear canal.

    NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011

  • So-called swimmer's ear acute otitis externa results in pain, tenderness, redness and swelling of the external ear canal, usually caused by a bacterial infection in the outer ear canal.

    NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011

  • An online chart plotting the swimmer's track showed the Gulf Stream currents pushing Nyad to the east of the intended course.

    Marathon swimmer Nyad drops any more bids to swim Cuba to Florida 2011

  • That, too, vanished, and Saxon and Billy looked at each other, she with amazement at the swimmer's valor, Billy with blue eyes flashing.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • The water that rolls in on Waikiki Beach is just the same as the water that laves the shores of all the Hawaiian Islands; and in ways, especially from the swimmer's standpoint, it is wonderful water.

    Jack London:Surfing in Hawaii 2010

  • (Soundbite of bell) (Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: Officials investigated whether swimmer's Fran Crippen's death during an open water race occurred because the water was too blank.

    Lightning Fill In The Blank 2010

  • Some people get the problem repeatedly, and the CDC didn't estimate how many Americans suffer swimmer's ear each year.

    Swimmer's ear medical costs total $500 million a year 2011

  • Although training in a pool is an essential part of an open-water swimmer's regimen, it doesn't prepare one for the kinks of swims longer than 10 miles, or at temperatures below 60 degrees.

    Brooklyn's Swimming Mecca Mara Lemos Stein 2011

  • Some people get the problem repeatedly, and the CDC didn't estimate how many Americans suffer swimmer's ear each year.

    Swimmer's ear medical costs total $500 million a year 2011

  • With my swimmer's knowledge, I knew the end was near.

    Chapter 12 2010

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