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swap

[swop] / swɒp /


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"I hand-modeled for a local jewelry store, I sell everything that sits longer than ten minutes at my house on Facebook swap sites, I resell clothes on ThredUp and Poshmark."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In 2023, US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, later sentenced to 16 years in prison before being released in a 2024 prisoner swap.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The National Park Service recently signed a preliminary agreement for a land swap with a Las Vegas developer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Credit-default swap spreads have widened across several major AI companies, but stock prices have reacted differently.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Thus designed, Morgan Stanley’s new bespoke credit default swap was virtually certain one day to pay off.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

That’s based on credit-default swaps — derivative contracts that investors buy to hedge against against default risk.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

There is a moment in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' where Dorothy swaps her monochrome world for glorious, eye-opening technicolour the minute she touches down in the Land of Oz.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A rule promulgated in 2011 disallowed swaps tied to “gaming,” which the agency says includes bets on sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Lakers sent two unprotected first-round picks and two first-round pick swaps to the Jazz for Kessler and then signed him to a four-year, $130-million contract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Bear Stearns couldn’t believe that these young guys with no money wanted to buy not just credit default swaps but a credit default swap so esoteric that no one else had bought it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Claire consistently took ownership of one of the worst trades in Dodgers history, when he swapped future Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez for infielder Delino DeShields.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

The rotations between this image and the last image highlight the fluidity in Arsenal's approach too with Ben White, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka all having swapped positions in a five second window.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That curtain has been swapped out for something entirely new: a design titled “The Things We Know,” featuring a pensive-looking boy and girl beneath a halo of light.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Another passenger said the crew later swapped the cables for zip ties kept in the cabin for emergencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In fact, I could have swapped Gillian's name out of any of those stories, because Ethan and I had already done all those things together, we just hadn't told anybody about it—or, I hadn’t.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Roberts burned rookie Josue De Paula as a pinch hitter, swapping him out for Kiké Hernández when the Brewers brought in left-handed reliever DL Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

That can mean swapping in a smaller plane with fewer seats available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers did not limit their experiments to conventional face swapping deepfakes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Chinese EV maker NIO raised some cash by selling part of its battery swapping business to Geely.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

But then he abruptly stalked off, leaving us all swapping looks and shrugging.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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