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"Stay away from beaches and coastal areas where rough surf and rip currents could sweep you away," it added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

As overlapping food-safety concerns continue to sweep up restaurant chains this summer, Sweetgreen on Thursday became the latest to put numbers on the impact.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

On Aug. 12, the path of a total solar eclipse will sweep across northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

The sweep targeted projects associated with four firms also tied to construction at the old Pfizer headquarters, including the developer MetroLoft, contractor Northeast Specialist Group, Barone Steel, and Domani, a private building inspector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

I sweep the empty cookie tins from under my bed, arrange my dirty blouses into a pile.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

As this bubble grows, it sweeps outward and destroys dust in its path.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

In its sports division, Disney saw a bigger operating profit decline than it previously forecast due to four-game sweeps in the NBA basketball playoffs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

It did see a big 17% operating-profit drop in its sports segment, due to early-round sweeps in the NBA playoffs and a network-carriage dispute.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

A churro cart vendor who had operated in South Los Angeles for more than a decade stopped vending altogether for six weeks at the peak of the roving sweeps, losing an estimated $5,000 in income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

I turn my back and my mom sweeps me up in her arms.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Multiple storms swept through large swathes of East and South East Asia this month, causing widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The tornado that transported Dorothy Gale from dusty Kansas to vibrant Oz might have swept up the village idiot instead.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

The company’s newest Gemini 3 model swept industry benchmarks, beating out rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in performance after getting a late start to the large-language-model race.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

She was sick of being swept along by the current without any say about where she was going or how she got there.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Liechtenstein is a tiny, doubly-landlocked country tucked away between Switzerland and Austria, whose ruler enjoys sweeping political powers, unlike many of his counterparts in Europe.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

In China, a huge bulge of working-age people helped amplify sweeping economic reforms that turbocharged its economy starting in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit agreed with the lower court that such a sweeping White House overhaul required the explicit consent of Congress.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

If confirmed, the Workday buyout would be a continuation of an ongoing trend sweeping through the software sector.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Woo demolishes the cinnamon dip with one sweeping lick.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer