swing

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Competing fund managers and bank traders say Lemssouguer’s approach is overly aggressive, causing his performance to swing wildly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The MLB’s automated ball-strike system is in full swing this season.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

His coach at Durham, Ryan Campbell, believes he has concentrated too much on bowling wobble-seam deliveries rather than trying to search for swing.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

After years of demonstrators repeatedly shutting down freeway traffic around downtown Los Angeles, Caltrans has installed large metal swing gates onto freeway ramps ahead of this weekends “No Kings” protests.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

You adjust your shoulders, swing back, lift your legs, hook on the bar.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith