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- verb   Simple past tense and past participle of swoop .
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Examples
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								Even as they spoke, the black tarpaulin swooped from sight behind a big comber. 
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								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 
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								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. 
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								So in swooped the Cardinals, who have a habit of adding veteran outfielders in August. 
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								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 
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								Most of the festivities were over when a big wind and some rain swooped in on us. 
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								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 
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								Even as they spoke, the black tarpaulin swooped from sight behind a big comber. 
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								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 
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								ESCANABA - The "B" word swooped around the Escanaba High School gymnasium Tuesday night. 
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