sweep up

Microbiologists say a broad ban would be destructive, sweeping up much routine virology research and hindering efforts to understand whether the H5N1 virus infecting U.S. cows will jump to humans.

Instead, he was joining other teachers sweeping up material from an early morning fire underneath the stadium bleachers that severely damaged the press box.

His cleaning crew was sweeping up litter from the street while their boss talked and talked and talked.

As she sweeps up broken glass outside her shop, Inna knows her country’s future is in the hands of Americans voting more than 5,000 miles away.

Blackwell’s sons sometimes help out in the studio, sweeping up wood dust and sanding boards.