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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of swoop.

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Examples

  • Even as they spoke, the black tarpaulin swooped from sight behind a big comber.

    THE ONE THOUSAND DOZEN 2010

  • Visibly tired after being on the ice for 1 1/2 minutes of a power play, Malkin swooped in from center ice after two Flyers collided in their own end, grabbed the puck and beat goalie Martin Biron cleanly on a wrist shot.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Georges Laraque chipped the puck loose as Mason attempted to cover for a faceoff and Saprykin swooped in and poked the puck into the net to pull Phoenix within 2-1 at 17: 41 of the second period.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Nashville vs. Phoenix 2006

  • So in swooped the Cardinals, who have a habit of adding veteran outfielders in August.

    USATODAY.com - Time has come to focus on stretch run 2006

  • Rosevelt Colvin swooped in to punch the ball loose for a fumble fellow linebacker Mike Vrabel recovered.

    USATODAY.com - In the playoffs, it's the little things that make differences 2006

  • Most of the festivities were over when a big wind and some rain swooped in on us.

    How did you celebrate the Fiesta Patria? 2002

  • It was a glorious moment when the train swooped out of a tunnel and we looked over the downs and saw the grey-blue line that was the sea.

    New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

  • Even as they spoke, the black tarpaulin swooped from sight behind a big comber.

    The One Thousand Dozen 1904

  • When an attacking snigaraka swooped down on Moware and the lethal jaws momentarily filled the recorder's lens, the only comments to be heard involved the structure of the jaws: were they true jaws or a flexible beak?

    The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

  • ESCANABA - The "B" word swooped around the Escanaba High School gymnasium Tuesday night.

    The Daily Mining Gazette 2009

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