swat

Allan was caught on video in 2022 using a takeout bag to swat at a union supporter who surprised him at a rest stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Even House Rep. Chip Roy, an otherwise-reliable conspiracist, took to social media to swat down this feel-good hoax.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

She also showed steel to swat aside third-round opponent McCartney Kessler and Anisimova, who were both hampered physically.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025

Despite his near-constant presence in Los Angeles since the fires broke out, his effort to swat down misinformation has opened him up to jabs about his focus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

A bug flies in front of my face, and I swat it away.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

He either swats away shot attempts or, more often, makes would-be shooters run away in terror before they even look at the rim—a phenomenon known as the “Nope.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Didier Drogba swats a swerving hack of a volley past Tim Howard.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

In another video, of a man who takes his wife to lunch, there is a short clip of his wife trying to steal a French fry, before he quickly swats her hand away.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

It’s the timing and the look of helplessness on an opponent’s face when Brittney Sykes flies in undetected and swats the ball away with a long, thin arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2021

I knowed the reason why Mr. Travis went and made us write all them lines and passed out all them swats, it was ’cause he was trying to make the “familiarity breeds contempt” lesson stick.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

A failed fourth-down attempt for USC would all but end it, as Maiava’s desperation pass was swatted away, along with the Trojans’ hopes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We have given France so much praise in this tournament, but they were swatted aside by silky Spain. In the main, Spain have outfought and outplayed this French team."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

French-American land forces converged on an entrenched British army in southeastern Virginia, as a French fleet swatted away a royal navy relief squadron and sealed off the Chesapeake Bay escape route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Juanita screamed as she swatted them away with her hands.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Though swatting is a well-known practice, law enforcement has a responsibility to take every threat seriously and investigate them thoroughly, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

With residents already scratching and swatting, it took only a couple of charismatic entomologists to win over the right politicians to move legislation forward.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

A spokesperson for Tarian, the regional organised crime unit for south Wales, said swatting could be "extremely serious".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

That’s because his secret superpower isn’t swatting away shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

He clambered up the hill, swiping at the leaves with his free hand, swatting at the twigs and branches with his bag.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman