swoop
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to stage the largest public offering ever, selling $75 billion worth of shares in one fell swoop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Last week police detained 16 people after a swoop at three schools in the 7th arrondissement or district.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
As demand waned in the following years, companies conducted mass layoffs, leading private-equity firms to swoop in to pick over the remains of distressed assets.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
A team of Navy divers will then help the astronauts out of the capsule, and Navy helicopters will swoop in to recover them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
William Faulkner added his pilot’s know-how to the scenario, getting technical as he described exactly what Tania would have to do to make her plane turn and swoop and dive.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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