sweep
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Plans for deep-sea mining exploration are most advanced for a vast sweep of ocean near American Samoa, a US territory nestled between New Zealand and Hawaii in the South Pacific.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The flood was strong enough to sweep a 10,000-ton fragment of the dam, called Block 29, a full quarter-mile and to destroy a steel bridge on the Santa Clara River nine miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As overlapping food-safety concerns continue to sweep up restaurant chains this summer, Sweetgreen on Thursday became the latest to put numbers on the impact.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
On Aug. 12, the path of a total solar eclipse will sweep across northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I knew you’d make it!” said Anat, and the sound of her voice was enough to at last sweep the ground away from Molly entirely.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
In its sports division, Disney saw a bigger operating profit decline than it previously forecast due to four-game sweeps in the NBA basketball playoffs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
It did see a big 17% operating-profit drop in its sports segment, due to early-round sweeps in the NBA playoffs and a network-carriage dispute.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Cundiff compares the effect to a lighthouse that sweeps a beam across the horizon as its lamp rotates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A 5 a.m. control for yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar on Sunday was part of one of the largest testing sweeps in recent history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In an instant, he stands and sweeps down the face before cutting up again.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The tornado that transported Dorothy Gale from dusty Kansas to vibrant Oz might have swept up the village idiot instead.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The company’s newest Gemini 3 model swept industry benchmarks, beating out rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in performance after getting a late start to the large-language-model race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Our relatives were swept in another direction and they sank because we were not in a position to help them," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Balthilda put down her knitting and swept a strand of graying hair back from her face.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
In China, a huge bulge of working-age people helped amplify sweeping economic reforms that turbocharged its economy starting in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit agreed with the lower court that such a sweeping White House overhaul required the explicit consent of Congress.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
If confirmed, the Workday buyout would be a continuation of an ongoing trend sweeping through the software sector.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A proposal tied to that settlement sought sweeping ideological and cultural changes on campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She felt warm, like sweeping the light toward herself had lit candles inside her.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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"The Vietnam Wars" by Tod Olson
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