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are swooping

  • present progressive
    of swoop.
    swoop
    verb (used without object)
    to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.

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Budget carriers like Breeze, Allegiant and Frontier are swooping in on Spirit’s former routes as well as circling its valuable takeoff and landing slots at bigger airports.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

And regulators are swooping in amid concern about how to protect investors in organizations that do not adopt traditional business and accounting practices.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2022

And low-flying helicopters are swooping around town as part of beefed-up security precautions.

From Washington Times Oct. 24, 2020

Swifts are swooping low in the sky, and I can smell the rain coming.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins