swift
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The announcement Wednesday of a concert series honoring the country’s 250th anniversary prompted a swift reaction, and it wasn’t from zealous fans.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“We’re making swift progress on developing these safeguards and expect to be able to bring Mythos-class models to all our customers in the coming weeks,” Anthropic said on Thursday.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
He called for a "swift response", including strengthening the capacity of staff to prevent Ituri "from descending into catastrophe".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The turnaround was swift: Hill, he said, knew from her media contacts that Netflix was planning to release a Murdaugh documentary in September.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
For an enslaved man in Tennessee at that time, a murder conviction would have resulted in a swift death sentence.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing swift
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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