swoosh
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The swoosh may outperform Wall Street’s expectations when it reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on June 30.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ted Walsh, former assistant equipment manager for the San Francisco 49ers, got so good at inking the Nike swoosh that he could draw it in the dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
He was also wearing grey and blue trainers "with a fluorescent swoosh," according to police.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
Heinrich actually wears basketball shoes bearing the familiar swoosh because she says they fit better than Nike’s volleyball shoes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
I heard a swoosh to my right and realized that Ema was running away.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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She wore no-nonsense sneakers with pink swooshes and carried two FedEx boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bobby Hundreds: I was wearing Air Force 1s, they had custom Louis Vuitton swooshes on them, and he’s just like, “I like your Air Force 1s.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
But the ubiquitous sparkle of sequins and in plays in shape — slits in gowns, asymmetrical coats and swooshes of diagonal fabric on skirts — gave the collection motion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The rain swooshes rapidly off the granite and limestone landscape, funneling into mounting torrents as it rushes downward.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2018
“Nagare-8,” from 1983, is a 32-foot-long paper banner in which two intense graphite stripes frame a row of turpentine-aided swooshes and drips.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
French troops marched down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées alongside tanks and armored vehicles as fighter jets swooshed over the Arc de Triomphe.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
When she swooshed out the doors of the White House after one particularly pointed encounter with Trump, her sunglasses and burnt-orange winter coat were quickly the stuff of social media memes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
“Public spaces should have public art happenings,” Pinque said as Bluebee Troll swooshed its cratered face against the glass pane.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
Most had swooshed out past New Orleans and around English Turn.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
Surprise swooshed up from the class like steam from a released radiator cap.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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Mr Gilliver moves towards the camera, swooshing his light sabre before disappearing down the trap door.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Giant white bows cascaded, mingling effortlessly with fabric sashes, swooshing around the models and accentuating the sumptuous textures of silk fabrics that invigorated the display.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
They swept dramatically off the field smiling with painted faces and swooshing their blue and black habits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
Spike Lee showed that by using it to set the tone in “He Got Game,” notably in the gleaming introduction: We see balls swooshing through hoops all over America, from cornfields to city streets.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Like the universe just heard me, from the depths of the jungle a swooshing noise and then screeching vibrate the air.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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