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Plus: Community banks swing back at Trump regulators over crypto charters, and a near-catastrophe on flight 1073 exposes gaping hole in Dubai’s aviation security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Gosling believes parenting trends often represent a pendulum swing, with one generation trying to correct what it believes the previous one got wrong.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the on-deck circle, he did not always take a swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In a campaign swing through the Rio Grande Valley, a heavily Latino part of the state, Hinojosa worked to shore up support among Latino voters preoccupied with the state of public education.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
“See, Rootbeer? It’s empty”—but my hand, expecting to swing through air, hits a trembling ball of fur.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
But he was stranded there, as Kiké Hernández went down swinging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
As against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final in Atlanta, England led by a Gordon goal and lost, but at least here they went down swinging and not by going into cowering retreat.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Yet this week he fretted about the pendulum swinging too far the other way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
By placing the camera behind Abrams so it was "swinging around to look at what he's looking at," he choreographed it such that it "feels video game-like" from that first-person perspective.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even the rustling leaves and swinging chimes voiced their joy for such a beautiful summer day.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
But she has swung to the latter camp and now recommends investors buy the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was the evidence of Mary Archer that swung the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
And he has swung a hot bat in September, entering Sunday with a .919 OPS this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
However, the game swung again in the over after Kelly reached his hundred as the left-hander heaved Tom Helm to Higgins on the mid-wicket fence to leave Leicestershire eight down.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Christopher swung in a long, fevered parabola and landed on hands and knees on the other side of the abyss.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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