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At the 156 non-conversion projects inspected in the sweep, the department issued 62 violations and 18 stop-work orders for a variety of issues, including work that didn’t match drawings and unauthorized work on a Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The conversion projects in the sweep had a lower rate of violations than the non-conversion projects, the department said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Georgia Hunter Bell is eyeing an ambitious sweep of gold medals in 2026 after winning the 800m Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Daniela Schmidt, an Austrian tourist, told AFP by phone she was "quite scared" as she saw wildfires sweep parts of the island overnight.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Visions of disarming bombs and wrestling alligators sweep through my mind.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Cundiff compares the effect to a lighthouse that sweeps a beam across the horizon as its lamp rotates.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

A churro cart vendor who had operated in South Los Angeles for more than a decade stopped vending altogether for six weeks at the peak of the roving sweeps, losing an estimated $5,000 in income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mr. Argue’s arrangements evoke that same sense of vulnerability, of raw emotion, blending bold sweeps of strings with spare passages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Hundreds of people in Taiwan have been evacuated from their homes, and many schools and offices closed, as the biggest typhoon in decades sweeps towards the region on Friday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

He wets the cloth and sweeps it across my eyelids, cheeks, nose, and lips, tenderly removing the dust from my face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

But civil-rights lawyers and former DHS staffers say the approach has swept up people expressing opinions that are protected by the First Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It swept through villages on the Gulf of Corinth including Porto Germeno, where scores of homes are believed to have been destroyed or damaged.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ahmed, has previously said the group were swept away by a "very strong" tide and police said they made "significant efforts to help each other".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The results showed that only a relatively small share of the carbon swept into the ocean becomes part of the active carbon cycle.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

A dry wind swept through the cottage, whipping the hem of his cloak and nearly extinguishing the hearth fire.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Aguirre rejects calls for sweeping new AI legislation, arguing that existing labour, privacy and consumer protection laws can be adapted more quickly through regulatory guidance.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Their product: an algorithm that, by sweeping up all the data available about any individual, will offer precise guidance about how to move forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

This time, progressive and Black political organizations have largely united behind McKinney in a historically Black district, making the incumbent vulnerable to the anti-establishment mood sweeping Democratic primaries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

In February, the Supreme Court rejected a sweeping slate of tariffs Trump had imposed on an emergency basis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

I took in the hat with its sweeping feather, the ermine collar, the white-gloved hand resting on his arm.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom