swoop
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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
Retail investors’ increasingly active approach to trading the markets could create more of a buffer for equity prices, Rubner said, given their tendency to swoop in and buy on weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
At a Sacramento stop Friday, he bounded around chatting with about four dozen mostly union supporters, wearing trademark Nikes, this time a vintage pair with a tartan plaid swoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
One afternoon they’d seen a large reddish brown raptor swoop down and snatch a ground squirrel off a cattle range in the Gallatin River valley.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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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
Frost it however you like, even if that means uneven swoops and visible crumbs.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 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
Dylan points outs a griffin that swoops down in the distance and emerges with some poor creature in its beak.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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
Before Apollo swooped in, EasyJet looked set to be taken private by Castlelake, which manages around $38 billion in assets, after the carrier accepted its beefed-up fifth bid on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
In late 2024, the so-called “BATMANN” stocks swooped to the market’s rescue.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, Indian oil refiners—now armed with a waiver from the U.S. to start buying Russian crude again—have swooped in to scoop up Moscow’s exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
With each dip and plunge of the boat, Worsley swooped the pot up in the air lest their precious hoosh go slopping into the bilges.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
Budget carriers like Breeze, Allegiant and Frontier are swooping in on Spirit’s former routes as well as circling its valuable takeoff and landing slots at bigger airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
While the original museum is contained in a subterranean space built into the landscape of the park, the new light-filled campus is a swooping architectural feat that features three pavilions connected by an open canopy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
He came swooping over the dusky hill—he was a magnificent skier—and stopped beside me, dirty and tired and heavy-laden.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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