swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
are swooping
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present progressiveof swoop.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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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
In an attempt to salvage what remains, big players like Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX exchange, are swooping in with emergency infusions of capital for companies like the crypto lender BlockFi.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
And low-flying helicopters are swooping around town as part of beefed-up security precautions.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
“There’s no point staying where we know dementors are swooping around.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
