sweeper

Against left-handed hitting Sung-Mun Song, he threw mostly four-seam fastballs and splitters, finishing off the six-pitch at-bat with a sweeper, according to Statcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Klein said other teams had made suggestions on how to improve his game, and with the Dodgers, he has added a sweeper and dumped a slider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

This was the dream scenario: baseball’s very best, edgy crowd, one-run game, two outs, a title on the line—and Ohtani getting the better of his pal on a filthy 3-2 sweeper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

As the camera follows a suburban Chicago street sweeper along its early morning route, it stops at a modest house, perched on the other side of the train tracks.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Everyone in the Newtown neighborhood, where Christine lived, from the doctor to the street sweeper to the teachers at the Winchester Avenue School, was black.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Against right-handed hitting Rodolfo Durán, Ohtani threw mostly sinkers and sweepers, with one four-seamer mixed in out of seven pitches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

"Why do you have to meet with your team to find out whether or not you send some mine sweepers?" he added about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

While stopping short of conceding that today's curlers will look out of shape by the 2034 Games, she does believe sweepers will become bigger, stronger, and able to put more pressure on the brush.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

A few schoolchildren, a few milkmen and street sweepers, but otherwise, our early-morning meeting is over before I would normally even leave for work.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse