sweeps

[ sweeps ]

noun(used with a singular or plural verb)

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Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore | James Joiner | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
For humans, Shark Week is just a once-a-year sweeps event for the Discovery Channel.
Shark Deathmatch, Crazy ‘Simpsons’ Couch Gag, and More Viral Videos | Alex Chancey | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The camera sweeps over to a room filled with seemingly holographic monitors as two technicians scramble.
Gamers Want to Game: Video Games Aren't Blockbuster Movies | Alec Kubas-Meyer | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The pulses are from a beam of light produced by the intense magnetic field, which sweeps across Earth as the neutron star rotates.
The Weirdest Object in the Universe | Matthew R. Francis | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The blood rushed to my head, but I only answered, “A new broom sweeps clean.”
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

A gilded coach, drawn by the most beautiful horses in the richest trappings, sweeps along the streets—a gorgeous vision.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
Fresh gangs manned the sweeps and the riders on the eastern bank eased their pace to a walk.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
Each time the tidal wave sweeps in toward the shore it urges the finer particles of sediment along with it.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The night wind sweeps across the cheerless park, chilling us to the bone.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
The janitor should wash the clothes-racks with the acid bichloride solution every time he sweeps.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley

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