swish
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This would help swish money into public coffers through tax revenues, he said, "allowing us to provide tax relief on the one hand while finally making sensible investments on the other".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
As California’s water crisis worsened, recalling the constant swish of sprinklers throughout her childhood piqued her interest in native plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Instead, what connects both failures was the fact they were again both drives - the first aggressive swish edged to the slips before a more tentative push.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
He stooped to swish his hand in the water, making the minnows scurry away.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
He generates his power as the bat swishes back through the line to make contact.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
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
She swishes each variety a few times, separately, in a big stainless steel bowl, then dries them in a spinner she found at a yard sale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
He clearly thrived in the atmosphere, offering a highlight reel of swishes and dunks to start his second year in the NBA.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
The front door swishes open and slams closed.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
Gay swished his bat in the direction of the stumps in frustration and wasted a review, his immediate future in the team vulnerable.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
The shot swished in, and it was No. 9 seed Iowa—not heavily favored No. 1 Florida—heading into the Sweet 16.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Dent launched one from deep at the end of the shot clock, and it swished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Gathering up their long skirts, they swished on down the street.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Duckett looked horribly out of touch, swishing and swiping.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
In the coming days, the drizzly gray weather along the coast is not expected to change much, said Mehle, who drove to work in Monterey on Saturday with his windshield wipers swishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
Like a smooth marionette, she’s swishing her arms, kicking her legs.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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