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Situational spoke to its banks and other hedge funds about selling a cross-section of its portfolio in one fell swoop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Sixty-one years later, on April 29, 2026, Anthony Liuzzo and Americans across the country witnessed six individuals, in one fell swoop, issue a binding opinion in Louisiana v.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

“In one fell swoop, thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.”

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Within days they were all arrested, with Huntley stopped in a dramatic swoop by police on a National Express coach.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Whenever he was in the yard while it was being made, they would swoop down if he was not looking and snatch a beakful of fur and fly away.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

After the parade, the New York City Department of Sanitation swoops into action to sweep up the thousands of pounds of paper.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Then in the spirit of springtime renewal, thought-provoking plays like “John Proctor Is the Villain” and “Fences” will leave audiences in contemplation before festive summer item “Boop! The Musical” swoops in to lift spirits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

Portimao is a 2.89-mile track that swoops over hilly terrain and is highly regarded for its driving challenge.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

Murmurations of birds swirl above rugged plains, landscapes shift into geometric compositions, and uncanny juxtapositions—a shirt dangling from a tree as a lone bird swoops by—lend seemingly simple pictures eerie characteristics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Connor swoops in too, burrowing his way into the group hug.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

That album, simply titled Muna, was eventually released by indie star Phoebe Bridgers, who swooped in to sign the band to her Saddest Factory label in 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

But the fins are swooped up by traders for the international markets, where they are used in shark-fin soup.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

In late 2024, the so-called “BATMANN” stocks swooped to the market’s rescue.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

After the restaurant was shuttered in 1984, Inouye swooped in to rescue Chicken Boy and place him in protective storage — for years, as it turned out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Occasionally, a gust of wind swooped down through the vent and forced a cloud of choking blubber smoke into the cramped space, driving the men outside to gasp for air.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain the series of events that led to Citadel swooping in to buy the bulk of assets held by 25-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner’s investment firm.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

He sat on the roof, watching the movement of the helicopters circling and swooping over the rest of the city.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers