swoop
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As a recently fledged bird hops around on the ground, unfamiliar choughs swoop down and gently herd it away to join them—that’s how desperate these birds are for helpers.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
And at the end of the night, here comes Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor to honk twice, open the passenger door, and swoop you off to get some burgers and fries.
From Salon • May 5, 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
"Everything collapsed in one fell swoop," Natalia Kryvogub, a 32-year-old relative, told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Their voices lift me up, my limbs go light, a familiar but totally different swoop swoop inside me.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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