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West Ham fans frantically refreshing Ceefax on 31 August 2006 must have thought they'd landed on the jokes page when news broke of a double swoop for a pair of Argentina's top young stars.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Having a bird swoop down to snatch food from your hand is one of the most intimate interactions we can have with wildlife.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

In one fell swoop, The Beatles penetrated two more demographics.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 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

Out in the wild, away from the pets and people of the town, she would put Jeremy on top of a high hill and then swoop through the darkness, catching squirrels, rabbits, bats, and raccoons.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

A few arias punctuate the narrative, most notably the Señora offering her gift of tears and, later, Macaria’s troubled musing about how it has burdened her; they are structured with Puccini-esque swoops and climaxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

A labelman, played with equal parts tenderness and sleaze by Hanks, swoops in to take the boys on a tour of state fairs.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Both swoops were reportedly linked to an investigation into alleged money laundering initiated by the Swiss public prosecutor's office.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

Still another one swoops, flutters, and then lands on his wrist.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Netflix soon swooped in and signed a deal to acquire the movie and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ex-BBC journalist Amol Rajan swooped the following day, asking Grant: "What happened last night?"

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That secret branch then swooped in to train the resulting child—Cramer—starting around age 3 or 4.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The case captivated the country as the FBI swooped on the region to search for the missing woman.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

A helicopter overhead swooped in with a roar over the trees, hovered above us for a moment, then darted back the way it had come.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Speculators are swooping in, seeing an opportunity to buy a shell for cheap and wait for home values to rise, said Bree Jones, founder of Parity Homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Four-year-old Juni Wahab was entranced by the sight of the swallows and cormorants swooping low overhead and the rushing twists of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

It was dusk, and I couldn’t tell if there were bats swooping or it was the last run for swallows.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely