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Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
swoop
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swoop
"
swoop
Examples for "
swoop
"
1
That was the idea behind Monsanto's
swoop
on Syngenta AG last year.
2
In one
swoop
,
two important social and economic problems could be solved.
3
Police said a substantial amount of cannabis was seized in the
swoop
.
4
They are coming, the simpletons; they
swoop
down upon the treacherous floor.
5
The room lurched; went upward and sidewise with a wild dizzying
swoop
.
1
Bolitho saw the marksman
swoop
up
an expensive-looking pistol from the floor, his eyes gleaming.
2
They
swoop
up
and disappear into the horizon.
3
All the other firms are in there, trying to
swoop
up
Bear employees and customers....
4
I watch the sailing eagles as they streak across the gold, and
swoop
up
into the blue, and pass out of sight.
5
Down I went, down, down, and then with a
swoop
up
again until I could see the light streaming brightly through the green water.
6
Suddenly the plane
swooped
up
as though Woods were trying to loop.
7
My hand leaves the phone and
swoops
up
my pack of cigarettes.
8
He broke away from the formation and
swooped
up
alongside James.
9
He
swooped
up
above the peaks, decelerating madly as he turned.
10
It was half-past three before the car came
swooping
up
to the hotel doors.
11
The spaceplane
swooped
up
in a sharp climb, its wings beginning to fold back.
12
I ran to the window, arriving as the hawk
swooped
up
and over the fence.
13
The sparrow
swooped
up
,
circled sharply, then bulleted back.
14
He'd
swooped
up
the backpack he had left in a garbage bin along the way.
15
Mr. Mercer
swooped
up
to the table and set down five plates full of grilled food.
16
The engine sang out again; the machine
swooped
up
and away, out of sight and hearing.
swoop
up
swoop