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swept
verb as in brush off, away
Example Sentences
As his cousins get swept up in the cartel business, Sujo escapes to Mexico City, where he hopes to pursue his dreams of academic study.
When the full-time whistle blew at the Bolt Arena and the Scotland players fell to their knees, the cold wind of deja vu swept in.
According to police sources, he drowned after being swept away by rushing waters while trying to free his car, which had become stuck in mud within a stream.
In 1963, when the Dodgers swept the Yankees in the World Series, every player in the starting lineup, except for Yankees import Bill Skowron, was a homegrown Dodger.
One tells the story of how a fabled ship carrying a life-saving cargo of food heads to port during a terrible famine that swept the Levant in the dying days of Ottoman rule.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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