sweep
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Yang: We watched Phoebe Waller-Bridge sweep with “Fleabag.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
They rallied from 22 points down with less than eight minutes left in regulation to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in overtime in game one of their Eastern Conference finals sweep.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, she hopes that the romance and fantasy will work on their own merit to sweep readers off their feet, conveying just how great it can feel to get lost in a great book.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Brown has been designing these situations since long before he had the Knicks dreaming of a Finals sweep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“You got it,” Rock says, grabbing the broom to sweep up my hair.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
Vocabulary lists containing sweep
"The Vietnam Wars" by Tod Olson
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