swift
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The former daytime talkshow host is known more for her relatable, approachable charm and kind, BFF energy than sharp takedowns, so fans were swift to sympathize with Clarkson and denounce the shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Hours after Pillay was named the laureate, the United States announced new sanctions against the ICC, provoking swift condemnation from member states and the United Nations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
It prompted a swift condemnation from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who called it "greatly disappointing" and said the transfer was a "highly sensitive issue" impacting national security.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
She had anticipated swift legal challenges based the interpretation of maximum feasible standards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
And with one swift motion, she kicked me in the shin and raced off down the path toward a cluster of bright yellow forsythia.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Crockford watched swifts return to London after their annual migration from Africa, filling the air with their high-pitched calls.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Summer visitors, such as swallows and swifts, can expect to find a plentiful food supply, with insects on the wing.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
"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
“And the long-winged birds like swifts, I suppose they are the worst, for they can't rise from a flat surface at all?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Norris said that he remained committed to bringing down the backlog and delivering swifter justice.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
As this technology developed, the photographs became more detailed and the animations swifter and smoother.
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
Its taxi fleet is contracting at a swifter pace, with the fleet size falling 8.7% on year in 4Q 2025, double the 4.1% drop in 4Q 2024, the head of research notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
O’Brien’s rise to Olympian in the two-person bobsled, the second-fastest sliding sport of the Winter Games, has been even swifter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
“There is none swifter, honored lord. Adventure can run down the wind itself. Tell me where you wish to sail, and swiftly I shall bring you there.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
On the other hand, the swiftest efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions could limit the ice-free period to the month of September.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2023
It is certainly the swiftest route to victory, though it can also be argued a more positive method is to nail the game down by batting again.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023
Within a few centuries, in one of the swiftest colonizing advances of recent prehistory, Bantu farmers had swept all the way to Natal, on the east coast of what is now South Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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