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swath

[swoth, swawth] / swɒθ, swɔθ /


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They had done a similar thing In Afghanistan two years earlier, and if their plot had worked, they would have held a swath of a key region between Turkey and Pakistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

For the first time since 1963, a politician who is not Black will represent a large swath of South Los Angeles on the City Council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Their settings and subjects further reveal that categorizing Church narrowly as a member of the Hudson River movement overlooks the fact that his canvases reflect a far broader swath of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Both companies have been dubbed "Russia's Amazon", due to their control over a huge swath of the fast-growing e-commerce sector.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

She took away her hand and saw the swath of white skin she had revealed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

County and includes the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale as well as rural swaths of the High Desert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The boundaries include swaths of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties, along with a very small piece of Madera County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

On Martha’s Vineyard, key beaches emerged decades ago, when families who owned large swaths of oceanfront farmland divvied up beach lots and sold strips of land to neighbors and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

They moved quickly downhill, running over damp sand and scrub brush and narrow swaths of grass, steering clear of boulders, keeping an eye out for drapeweed.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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