I swiped the card in the slot and the payment got processed.
I swiped the card between the edges of the slot and the payment got processed.
Not sure if that's the right way to say it. Is there a better way to use between? The second sentences doesn't sound very good.
We usually just say eg I swiped the card to pay.
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