swept
Example Sentences
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The Brewers also put up baseball’s best record last season, and the Dodgers swept them in the NLCS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Almost all traces of death and destruction have been swept away from Nir Oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
There was no sign of its bustling market, the local Uttargaya School was in ruins, the houses swept away, and school buses were turned over.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Demand exploded locally this decade, most memorably during a purple bread mania that swept the archipelago in the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lines straightened, hands were clamped to sides, whispers ceased as those cold blue eyes swept across us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
