sweep
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Instead, investors are watching volatility sweep up semiconductor stocks, the new tech leaders of the bull market, as well as the beneficiaries of the “Magnificent Seven” hyperscalers spending behind the artificial-intelligence buildout.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
Westerly winds and a weak cold front will eventually sweep fresher air in from the Atlantic by Sunday and next week is set to feel very different for most.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Those energies transformed a small republic on the edge of a continent into the most prosperous nation in the long sweep of human civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
It begins: “In the broad sweep of history, it is ideas that matter…. Emperors and armies come and go; but unless they leave new ideas in their wake, they are of passing historic consequence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
At last the trees thinned, giving way to a sweep of meadow, and they stepped out of the wood into sunlight.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing sweep
"The Vietnam Wars" by Tod Olson
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