swipe
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Food is more expensive, but so are labor, utilities, insurance and credit card swipe fees — virtually everything required to keep the doors open.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Delta CEO Ed Bastian took a swipe at Elon Musk, according to recent reports, in the most recent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Teachers have also reported that 28% of children starting reception cannot use books properly, with some trying to swipe or tap the pages as if they were a screen.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Harding, the sports card collector who is facing a divorce, would swipe and bid in live auctions, many of them card breaks, into the early hours of the morning after his family went to sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even though their wipers swipe away the icy layer, it returns as fast as it disappears.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
This update incentivized lengthy carousels of multi-image posts, especially with some educational content attached that encourages viewer engagement via swipes or saves.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Satirical swipes at US culture, darkly comic interactions between characters and a huge range of optional side activities were all present once again.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Mastercard of the IPO era was all about card swipes — not dips and taps — and “our main focus was cash displacement,” said Jorn Lambert, the company’s chief product officer.
From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026
More swipes get you more matches, which get you more dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
One side of the rag was black in two swipes, but Gilly turned it over and poured out more polish.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
I opened the dating app when I landed at O’Hare and swiped on a tall bald guy from Dallas, who was in Chicago for the weekend with his college buddies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bids rose fast, so rather than type a custom bid, many buyers swiped the yellow bar at the bottom of the screen, which automatically submits an offer a few dollars over the current top bid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Records indicate that the four-bedroom beach house was swiped off the market in June, having undergone a $550,000 price cut the previous month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
But the crowd were left gasping in anguish as Gauff, approaching the net, swiped the ball into the tape.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Coal swiped a handful of gravel from the ground and hefted it in his palm.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
"People are realising constant swiping isn't actually leading to real-world dates, which only heightens dating fatigue," said Ryan.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tinder and Hinge say they will only implement generative AI in a dating coach capacity, giving users feedback on their profiles and suggestions for conversation starters rather than swiping for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Employees are still coffee badging, the practice of swiping into the office and sticking around long enough to have a cup of coffee before heading out to finish the workday at home or elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
For young Americans, casual dating is as easy as swiping right on an app, but prices can quickly add up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
And he moved toward a locked door, swiping the card to gain entrance.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
