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The floods and landslides that struck Nepal and China's autonomous Tibet region saw a tsunami-like wall of water bury homes, smash bridges and sweep away vehicles.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Software stocks also surged premarket—led by a 11.5% gain for Salesforce—after a sweep of bullish earnings presentations lifted the sector and eased fears around competition from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But the semi-final defeat leaves the world number one with work to do in the race to reach November's finals in his attempt to complete the calendar sweep of ranking events in 2026.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

On a blistering Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 to complete a three-game sweep, but the rumblings beneath Chavez Ravine indicated there was much more at stake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“There’s six of them and only one of me, and every time I leave the basement to go sweep a floor, they shove something else into it.”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Lawrence played on-drives off the seamers and sweeps off the spinners.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

As this bubble grows, it sweeps outward and destroys dust in its path.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

In its sports division, Disney saw a bigger operating profit decline than it previously forecast due to four-game sweeps in the NBA basketball playoffs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The department also said more sweeps are planned, while it continues to investigate what went wrong at the Pfizer building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Dayah sweeps Alan’s hair from his hot face; Safaa spreads the loose end of Amin’s grubby headscarf across him for shade.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

"All the settlements near the river were swept away. There is nothing left," survivor Buddhi Ram Dangol told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

She swept Wayne and Genesee counties—which include Detroit and Flint, respectively—taking more than 60% of the vote in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

But even if your name happens to be Emily, you won’t be fully swept away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"They're gone. The speed the water came, they couldn't be saved, they were just swept away."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Russell, however, bowed and swept one hand out theatrically.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

However, on Saturday the forecast shows several zones of heavy showers sweeping across England and Wales especially.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

In July, a federal judge ordered ICE to institute sweeping changes at the Adelanto center, mandating improvements in the provision of water, food, sanitation and medical care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address "addictive" features of its platforms in Europe, after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram in some US states.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border have killed at least 353 people and left more than 1,300 missing, sweeping away villages, roads and hydropower facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Of course me and Glenn naturally did the work of ten, sweeping, polishing, fitting up the stovepipe: busy as bees, good as gold.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck