swatting
Example Sentences
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With residents already scratching and swatting, it took only a couple of charismatic entomologists to win over the right politicians to move legislation forward.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
As in both earlier games in this series, the Thunder treated a Lakers lead like a pesky gnat, swatting it away with a casual flick as if it never existed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
That’s because his secret superpower isn’t swatting away shots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Wolves have been observed swatting the birds away, even appearing to designate a pack member to stand guard.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Otto and I’d stopped to eat a fruit lunch, swatting at heavy flies and bolting down globs of mango before I filled my water bottle from a nearby stream.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
