swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
has swooped
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present perfectof swoop (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After an eternity of waiting for Google, Fossil, Mobvoi, and the rest of the Wear OS ecosystem to get its act together with smartwatches, Samsung has swooped in and made something great.
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2021
At various times, Washington has swooped in to salvage them all.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
Television may have lost its cultural monopoly, but Silicon Valley has swooped in to extend the mind control by enslaving us to our devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2018
Just when it seemed winter would never loosen its grip on the Shoals area, it’s gone, and summer has swooped in to take its place.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2018
No, no, but it is like a hawk, a hawk of the air, It has swooped down—and this swoop makes the third— And what can I, but tremble like a bird?
From Responsibilities and other poems by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
