sweeper
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Then, to make matters worse, left-hander Kris Bubic lost control of a sweeper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
This was the dream scenario: baseball’s very best, edgy crowd, one-run game, two outs, a title on the line—and Ohtani getting the better of his pal on a filthy 3-2 sweeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
As the camera follows a suburban Chicago street sweeper along its early morning route, it stops at a modest house, perched on the other side of the train tracks.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
The driver of the road sweeper, whose vehicle fell down the sinkhole, was unharmed.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Coach had his window down and was talking to Mr. Jefferson, the neighborhood sweeper.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
"Why do you have to meet with your team to find out whether or not you send some mine sweepers?" he added about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
"The numbers we put up, I don't think people would expect them," adds Bobby Lammie, who is credited alongside McMillan as having changed the physicality expected of sweepers.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
The top teams will have two or three elite sweepers, whose physical profile can be significantly different to that of the skip, who won't sweep.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
They represented shopkeepers, street sweepers, a factory owner, a canal bargeman—all people who had realized during Father’s illness what he meant to them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
