swift
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As acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I helped oversee a swift response.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would be met with a swift and significant punishment.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“Drone operators should expect swift action if they violate restricted airspace.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged ministers will take swift action once the findings have been analysed.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“I dread them as much. They are ruthless as the Cauldron-Born, their strength even greater. They go afoot, yet they are swift, with much endurance. Fatigue, hunger, and thirst mean little to them.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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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