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
After missing the majority of the clay-court swing and the entire grass season with his wrist injury, Alcaraz made a cautious return to training in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The crowd, which leaned younger in part because the event allowed attendees 18 and older, trickled in around 7 p.m., and by 9 p.m., the party was in full swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
Some play-fight with sticks or climb on broken-down swing sets.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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But in Australia, when he got out driving Scott Boland in Perth or swinging at Mitchell Starc in Brisbane, I feared he could waste what he has worked so hard to have.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Where had this man gotten the impression that I enjoyed dancing, my nervous foot swinging under the table?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 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
South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.5% after swinging between mild gains and losses throughout the trading day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He was slowly trotting after us, swinging his head from side to side.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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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
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
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
"The train swung wildly for around 10 seconds, like it was about to tilt over," Jon Young told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Christopher swung out a hand above the waves: in it, tightly clutched, was the vial.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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