swing
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But Ossoff, who’s running for reelection in a swing state that Trump won twice, is a deliberate and relentlessly on-message communicator—sometimes to the point of looking and sounding a little scripted.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
McIlroy stated that working with his swing coach Michael Bannon and caddie Harry Diamond helped him restore his touch after last week's tournament in Memphis.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
They went on a hike with Schalk’s brother and kids to a spot with a beautiful jungle view and large swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Despite the scale of the tragedy, Woro is coming back to life, a resident Isah Mogaji told AFP, with the village market in full swing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Josie could barely believe her eyes: The front door was open, just at the point of starting to swing shut.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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But that offered few favors for Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” or Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” where the Bowl has regularly hosted far more idiomatic, swinging performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
AXT reported second-quarter revenue of $47.6 million on July 30, up 165% — swinging to a profit while seeing gross margins dramatically expand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
And for Sussex, this meant getting Spider-Man swinging through New York - or battling the Incredible Hulk.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Strategy reported a second-quarter loss of $8.22 billion, swinging from a profit of $10.02 billion in the prior-year period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her head tilted from side to side, her mile-high bouffant swinging along.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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“There were certain acts that just filled the house and certain ones that didn’t,” says the park’s president, Tyler Carter, adding that early performances swung drastically from hip-hop to Christian rock entertainers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The payments company tempered its outlook for the year, even as it swung to a profit and logged higher revenue in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He threw three straight curveballs to Carrigg, bouncing the first and last in the dirt, and Carrigg swung at all three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
La-Z-Boy LZB -1.66%decrease; down pointing triangle swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter from an unexpected decline in sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The fuselage swung nose-up and dropped like a spent rocket.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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