swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
swooping
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present participleof swoop.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain the series of events that led to Citadel swooping in to buy the bulk of assets held by 25-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner’s investment firm.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
Come to think of it, thoughts are perhaps not unlike a murmuration of starlings, flitting and swooping and morphing with seemingly serendipitous activation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Ahead, close enough to touch, sit the mountains I’ve been staggering toward for five days, their rocky trails curving and swooping like Tribal calligraphy.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
