sweep

Surely a 3-0 clean sweep will be secured at Edgbaston.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The powerful sweep of social media has made reaching new audiences infinitely easier and cheaper for savvy founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The Dodgers’ offense continued to scuffle but did just enough to bounce back from a three-game sweep in Atlanta — the 14th time this month they played a game decided by a single run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

It has angered the teachers union and could complicate his relationship with unions representing other city workers who helped sweep him into office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Ma closed her eyes for a moment, then began to sweep.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The harvester sweeps along, filling a large trailer with cider apples that Neil and his team have spent all year trying to grow, only to throw away.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In 1887 Ludvig wrote of his optimism about the family’s business “as long as no revolution sweeps away all wealth and all private ownership in one go.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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 drop of more than 3.7 million boardings last year was due in part to the immigration sweeps that began at the beginning of the month, so numbers were expected to be higher this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

As I put more chairs up on the worktables, she sweeps underneath.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Much of the border complex appears to have been swept away, with buildings that once crowded the valley floor simply gone.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

His family had held off the cremation in the hope that there would be some news of his missing parents, wife and daughter, who were all swept away when the floods came roaring down.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Japan’s bond market has been swept by one of the most aggressive selloffs this year, with yields on its benchmark 10-year note rising to 3% from around 2% in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

A series of winter storms swept across northern Chile in August 2026, bringing an unusual covering of snow to parts of the Atacama Desert.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Then he had swept her out into the street.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Steel that gives it sweeping veto power over corporate decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The sweeping selection changes come after the Pakistan team were surrounded by controversy during the second Test.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Its sweeping observations are also expected to support many discoveries beyond those central objectives.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Nepal was burying on Monday some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

I pause, feeling the breeze sweeping across the meadow.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes