Sentence examples for to swoop from inspiring English sources

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to swoop

verb

To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive

  • The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.

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ETP was wise to swoop on it.

He then used the proceeds to swoop on ICI itself.

Now, with the New Year poised to swoop on.

Time for Ken Livingstone, London's supermayor, to swoop in?

But that can give you an opportunity to swoop in".

And then, it's immediately back to "swoop and squat".

There are few investors ready to swoop in to keep cash-strapped companies running.

In earlier contests they allowed Barack Obama to swoop in early and lock up states.

Wouldn't you expect law-enforcement agents to swoop down on him in nothing flat?

The private-equity model is partly predicated on funds' ability to swoop when prices are low.

They started to swoop down to my face level, brushing me," she said.

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