sweep up
Example Sentences
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Their entire value lies in the ability to sweep up innocent people’s information and sort through it later.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Since Carrie has been married — been there, done that — one would think she wouldn’t be in a hurry to sweep up some other dude’s thickened toenail clippings.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
Samar, still recovering from childbirth, and her surviving son soon joined a vast wave of displacement that would sweep up nearly all of Gaza’s more than 2 million people.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
The visual feed from the camera immediately cut out and a ball kid had to sweep up the pieces that had broken off.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
“But listen, li’l man, around here, we sweep up ourselves, you know?”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
