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
But it will insulate the industry from future chaos, where Sir Richard Branson is offering Necker Island as collateral to save Virgin Atlantic and the Italian government has swooped in the nationalize Alitalia.
From Slate ● May 12, 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
Philologist after philologist has swooped down on Homer in the mistaken belief that something of him can be obtained by force.
From We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 by Kennedy, J. M. (John McFarland)
