swat
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She approaches the net with her son Ian Foon, 4, and readies the racket to swat away water balloons — a perfect antidote to a hot summer day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Meanwhile, Crosby’s camp sought to swat down any notion that his knee was actually a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Even House Rep. Chip Roy, an otherwise-reliable conspiracist, took to social media to swat down this feel-good hoax.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
She also showed steel to swat aside third-round opponent McCartney Kessler and Anisimova, who were both hampered physically.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Capricorn had obviously swatted fairies as carelessly as other people swat flies.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
What’s next, a robotic baseball player named Babe that swats 500-foot home runs and throws 120 mph pitches, eclipsing Shohei Ohtani’s real-life achievements and commanding a billion dollar contract?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
He shoots 3-pointers and swats them away; he slams home alley-oops and hauls in rebounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2025
Jennie could be your cool older sister, all dark sunglasses and leather jackets, as she swats away her choreography like a pesky house fly.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
He swats the ball back on a short hop before it kicks above his head.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2022
I whisper, but she swats in my direction to shut me up.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
The players could be seen exchanging words throughout their match-up and, at one point during the second quarter, Harrison swatted at the ball being held by Reese after play had already been stopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
England captain Harry Kane, who scored a hat-trick, Michael Olise and summer signing Luis Diaz were on the scoresheet as Bayern swatted Ole Werner's team aside on home soil.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara bulled his way to the rim and swatted shots away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Green’s sign was swatted away by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
Giant hands swung through the air, and the geese were swatted away.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
With residents already scratching and swatting, it took only a couple of charismatic entomologists to win over the right politicians to move legislation forward.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
A spokesperson for Tarian, the regional organised crime unit for south Wales, said swatting could be "extremely serious".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
That’s because his secret superpower isn’t swatting away shots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Nicki Minaj appeared to be the target of a swatting call about a shooting at her Hidden Hills residence on Wednesday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
TeeTee waved her hands around like she was swatting flies.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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