Example Sentences
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Videos showed instead that the government vehicle sideswiped Figueroa, a U.S. citizen who was driving to work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
But he is just as frequently sideswiped by family crises created by the disasters he married and birthed.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
In December last year, the Philippines said China's coast guard fired water cannons and "sideswiped" a government vessel during a maritime patrol near the Scarborough Shoal.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Officers are still investigating why the truck sideswiped the parked van.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
We’re sideswiped by a gurney bearing an unconscious, emaciated young woman with a shaved head.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
