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swoop

verb as in descend quickly

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Cable news, whose viewpoint is portrayed by journalist and producer Soledad O’Brien, swoops in to cover this latest culture war flare-up.

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Then, Oracle swooped in to sign its own $300-billion contract with the startup.

How do they take a cannier approach to prevent Max Verstappen swooping in and stealing the championship from under their nose?

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Only Kroenke, a minority owner in the franchise at the time, surprisingly swooped in by exercising his right of first refusal.

But with some countries' economies so reliant on the scam industry, she said the law enforcement actions potentially leave "a vacuum for other organised crime types to swoop in".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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