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
Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Atop his head was a black hat with a white Nike swoosh.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
He was also wearing grey and blue trainers "with a fluorescent swoosh," according to police.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
Well, I’ll straighten it all out one way or the other, Sierra thought, rolling down the window and letting the cool night air swoosh against her face.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
She wore no-nonsense sneakers with pink swooshes and carried two FedEx boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
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 bulk of these wax-coated pictures are crisp and detailed, but they’re partly tinted in electric shades of red and pink and punctuated by swipes and swooshes of random pixels.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
“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
The jagged sweeps, splotches and upward swooshes are actually sculpted paper protruding from the prints’ surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2017
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
“I want to be a lifestyle brand,” she declared two weeks before the Nordstrom appearance, pink-manicured fingertips firmly on the wheel of her white Mercedes as it swooshed down the U.S.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2015
Surprise swooshed up from the class like steam from a released radiator cap.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
"I was following a path along the valley when I suddenly felt something hit the back of my head accompanied by a swooshing sound," Nigel Crompton said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
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
He just managed to escape the house before the evergreen tree came swooshing down onto the stairs along the outside of his home, damaging them.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Some players have already suggested that the radio reporter stage a swooshing comeback in a compelling rematch that would …
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Roz sprang into a wild dance, her shaggy dress shaking and swooshing with each movement.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
