clean sweep
Example Sentences
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The win keeps Littler on course for a clean sweep of trophies this year, having already won the World Championship, UK Open, Premier League and the Masters.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Former BDO world champion Mark Webster said he "half expects" the teenager to achieve the clean sweep.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The 39-year-old Irishwoman has not boxed since completing a clean sweep of the trilogy against Amanda Serrano in New York's Madison Square Garden last July, which saw her retain her undisputed light-welterweight title.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"It was a clean sweep with respect to liability against both Google and Meta," case attorney Jayne Conroy told the BBC after the verdict.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The deep ruts in the road were frozen and glazed with ice; the wind had a clean sweep across the prairies, a sweep that sometimes seemed about to carry Jethro before it.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
