swat

He whiffed and, as his belly careened iceward, made a desperate swat at the puck that lifted it over the glove of the Vegas goalie to give the Hurricanes a lead they’d never relinquish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

If they can swat aside the Pumas, while injuries stretch the squad into another new shape, the impression of impregnability will only grow.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

Even House Rep. Chip Roy, an otherwise-reliable conspiracist, took to social media to swat down this feel-good hoax.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

But James, like he has so many times, caught up to the play from behind, a game-saving swat of the ball tipping the edge just so slightly back to the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

And before I could swat him, he was sitting at Tante Jans’s upright piano, filling the old house with melody.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

He shoots 3-pointers and swats them away; he slams home alley-oops and hauls in rebounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2025

Jennie could be your cool older sister, all dark sunglasses and leather jackets, as she swats away her choreography like a pesky house fly.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

In another video, of a man who takes his wife to lunch, there is a short clip of his wife trying to steal a French fry, before he quickly swats her hand away.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

It’s the timing and the look of helplessness on an opponent’s face when Brittney Sykes flies in undetected and swats the ball away with a long, thin arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2021

Brother Vu swats my hand but follows me.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

He chased Fox down in the open court and swatted his shot out of the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

In the quarter-finals, Georgia Stanway's rocket completed a remarkable comeback over pre-tournament favourites Spain, before Sweden were swatted aside in the semi-final, Alessia Russo's backheel the pick of four unanswered England goals.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Azusa resident Constance Yu described the persistent bugs as “like little demons but tiny,” while she swatted away the critters during an interview with CBS News this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Green’s sign was swatted away by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

“Color and shine are the next best thing to gold for a pixie, so we usually have more than our fair share”—she swatted one away—“but they’ve never been quite this bad.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

Along some streets, flies gather near fruit-bearing trees or on parked cars, making it difficult to pass through without swatting at dozens of them in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

It is the first conviction in Wales of "swatting" - a phenomenon that gets its name because such hoax calls in the US prompt Swat police units to be called in.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

That’s because his secret superpower isn’t swatting away shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“Forget her,” Joe said, swatting in her direction.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez