swatted
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While the quartet — the first metal band to perform at Sphere — tore through the instrumental deep cut “The Call of Ktulu,” that drippy leviathan swatted at life-sized fighter jets on the screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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
England captain Harry Kane, who scored a hat-trick, Michael Olise and summer signing Luis Diaz were on the scoresheet as Bayern swatted Ole Werner's team aside on home soil.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The hullbeast raised his arm and easily swatted aside hundreds of brand flies.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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