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Having a bird swoop down to snatch food from your hand is one of the most intimate interactions we can have with wildlife.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

In one fell swoop, The Beatles penetrated two more demographics.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

It dumped stocks to raise cash before seeking out a buyer who could take down the bulk of its portfolio in one fell swoop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sixty-one years later, on April 29, 2026, Anthony Liuzzo and Americans across the country witnessed six individuals, in one fell swoop, issue a binding opinion in Louisiana v.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

And all of a sudden Will felt like crying, the way that kind of sorrow would swoop in and punch him in the gut.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Both swoops were reportedly linked to an investigation into alleged money laundering initiated by the Swiss public prosecutor's office.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

After the parade, the New York City Department of Sanitation swoops into action to sweep up the thousands of pounds of paper.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Murmurations of birds swirl above rugged plains, landscapes shift into geometric compositions, and uncanny juxtapositions—a shirt dangling from a tree as a lone bird swoops by—lend seemingly simple pictures eerie characteristics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

These feel-good features function almost like folk tales: a recognizable parable in which a benevolent stranger swoops in to resolve a community’s shameful problem, restoring order before the credits roll.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025

The raven swoops over the red velvet seats and up into the balcony where it flies in curious circles.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The real-estate magnate and sports investor swooped in and convinced Moreno to change his mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The case captivated the country as the FBI swooped on the region to search for the missing woman.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

That album, simply titled Muna, was eventually released by indie star Phoebe Bridgers, who swooped in to sign the band to her Saddest Factory label in 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

In late 2024, the so-called “BATMANN” stocks swooped to the market’s rescue.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Now fulmars and petrels swooped down and bore them away.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Speculators are swooping in, seeing an opportunity to buy a shell for cheap and wait for home values to rise, said Bree Jones, founder of Parity Homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s not that we don’t think that there needs to be development,” he told The Times, “but it shouldn’t be of this predatory nature where developers are swooping in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

So yeah, bald eagles are like pirates, swooping in and taking what they want, when they want it.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

The entire underbelly of the Wonder Dome had been transformed into a fluttering flock of birds, soaring across an unbelievably blue sky, swooping through a clay-colored desert landscape.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein