swing
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The fourth set saw the momentum swing however.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the on-deck circle, he did not always take a swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In a campaign swing through the Rio Grande Valley, a heavily Latino part of the state, Hinojosa worked to shore up support among Latino voters preoccupied with the state of public education.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Speculation in Sweden's literary circles is already in full swing, fuelled by the fact that the list of nominees and the jury's deliberations are kept secret for 50 years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Declaration sat on the porch swing and pretended to ignore me.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Ordinary maneuvers such as tacking and gybing—both of which involve swinging the mainsail from one side of the vessel to the other—are arduous for the solo sailor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Paphos district court was told in July that the boy fell through an open window when his father was holding him around his waist and swinging him from side to side.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
By placing the camera behind Abrams so it was "swinging around to look at what he's looking at," he choreographed it such that it "feels video game-like" from that first-person perspective.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nim liked bananas, but what she liked even better was swinging Jack’s machete.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
It was the evidence of Mary Archer that swung the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
And he has swung a hot bat in September, entering Sunday with a .919 OPS this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
After the collapse, Jacks could have swung hard but batted responsibly to stretch out the innings from 211-7 in the 39th over.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Shares jumped 31%, to $3.98, in afternoon trading, after Vera Bradley swung to a fiscal second-quarter profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He rolled out of bed, donned his cloak and monocle, then swung open the front door.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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