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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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