swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
will swoop
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future tenseof swoop.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If things don’t go according to plan these days, activists will swoop in to salvage some value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Realizing there is no one out there who will swoop in and save them, the everyday people of Minnesota are, like Good, standing up for their community.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
Fans will find out whether the faithful will choose to end the game and attempt to win the prize money, or if a traitor will swoop in having gone undetected.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Sometimes, he said, he imagines that if that happens a developer will swoop in, tear the building down and build a high-rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Of course, if things get very bad, someone will swoop, in to help me.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
