swish
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The company provided cash to landlords and wealthy families to buy properties in swish London neighborhoods and throughout the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Wembanyama, just 21 years old, can already do anything he likes on the basketball court: block shots, slam home dunks, swish jumpers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
A long-awaited swish finally quieted a restless Phoenix crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
The straightness of the way, the swish of traffic, the unbroken speed are hypnotic, and while the miles peel off an imperceptible exhaustion sets in.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
He generates his power as the bat swishes back through the line to make contact.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
In Game 2, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased a deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
Daunno does an expert disaffected indie head nod and foot bounce while he plays, and Shen is thoroughly convincing on the keys with her hair swishes and tentative backing vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
The nets singed with swishes, same as they ever had.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
It hits the roof of a house, bounces off a tree, and swishes into a hoop.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
Wembanyama swished jump shots and soared for alley-oop dunks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
But at the pivotal moment, Mullins rose up and swished the game-winner from 35 feet away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Javon Carter had tied it for the Magic with 1.1 seconds left in the second extra period before Green swished the game-winner.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Trump, for her part, swished a basket from beyond the free-throw line of an outdoor court near the first tee while waiting to begin the pro-am.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
The banner swished aside and a short man with glasses emerged wearing a grumpy scowl.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Duckett looked horribly out of touch, swishing and swiping.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
They see him swishing shots from astonishing distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
In the partially enclosed waiting area, parents stand on both sides of me, hoisting their kids onto their shoulders to watch the cars glide through the tracks of swishing cloth towers.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
Cats display a wide range of visual signals: tails swishing side to side, or raised high in the air; rubbing and curling around our legs; crouching; flattening ears or widening eyes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
He shakes his head, his brown hair swishing.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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