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[swift] / swɪft /


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The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than 1,300 graduates have signed a letter calling on the university to take "swift and expansive" action after the allegations came back to light.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Global Reach said that it was “confident that this administration’s commitment to bringing Americans home would lead to swift action, and we are grateful it did.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said City "systematically broke Premier League rules for nearly a decade" and said the league was committed to a swift resolution.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

In fact, if you look at the arrangement of the two constellations a little differently, it’s almost like Mama Bear sent Baby Bear spinning with a good swift head butt.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Photographer Amy Brewer said she saw birds attempting to return to nests which swifts use year after year, while Dorking Swift Conservation said an established colony could be lost.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

She said swifts had been arriving in the UK looking for their nests and she had seen more than 30 swifts flying above the building site.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

"This is a structure that wasn't known to exist outside of hummingbirds, but our CT scans revealed that swifts have these vocal folds in the same position," Clarke said.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

Telkies, swifts, nymphs, greenys, stone- skins—all of them terrible to watch.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

This will likely materialize through ramped-up bond issuance, swifter government fund deployment, and the rollout of an 800 billion yuan policy financing tool, equivalent to $117.75 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

As this technology developed, the photographs became more detailed and the animations swifter and smoother.

From Slate ● May 25, 2026

That led to a fundraising campaign raising money for charity - but with a shorter shelf life, the Orkney banana glut required a swifter solution.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

But few players were swifter around the bases, and managers enlisted him as a pinch runner in close, late-innings games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

Once two Centaurs, swifter and stronger by far than any mortal, caught sight of her when she was alone and pursued her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Miguel, posted the swiftest qualifying time, a wind-aided 10.27 — the fastest time in California this year — just minutes after Bakersfield sophomore Jalen Ford won his heat in a wind-aided 10.34.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024

According to three of the commanders interviewed by The Times, the diplomatic route would be the swiftest way of returning the Israelis who remain in captivity.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

The swiftest tightening of U.S. monetary policy in 40 years aimed at reining in sticky inflation has buoyed banks' interest income.

From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023

Repeatedly Stokes tells us of his commitment to doing whatever it takes to entertain, discomfort the opposition and win in the swiftest fashion.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023

He knew all the natural harbors, the swiftest currents, how to avoid a squall even when it seemed intent on destroying him.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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