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[swift] / swɪft /


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She also called on residents to put up swift boxes and use calls to attract the birds to new nesting sites.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would be met with a swift and significant punishment.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The announcement Wednesday of a concert series honoring the country’s 250th anniversary prompted a swift reaction, and it wasn’t from zealous fans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“We’re making swift progress on developing these safeguards and expect to be able to bring Mythos-class models to all our customers in the coming weeks,” Anthropic said on Thursday.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Of course, the water must always have been swift, but the shore was once much more reachable.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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