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verb

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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the piñata with a stick spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos

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Recent Examples of swipe
Noun
After the swipe, Curry found Moody in the corner for a 3. Tatum found a rhythm in the third, scoring 17 points in the quarter. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 If a 30% bear market swipes, this safety stock only loses 15%. Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Bruins’ all-time leading base stealer to this day with 109, Roberts was thrown out attempting to swipe third, with Boone applying the tag. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 Her purse, containing her passport and visa, was swiped from her chair at a restaurant. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swipe 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swipe
Noun
  • Even just the light congratulatory helmet slaps from his teammates feel explosive.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • According to the tour agency, on July 3, two young members of an orca pod put on a grand and unexpected show for the whale watchers with playful jumping, tail slaps, and poking their heads out of the water to look around.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
Verb
  • But no team has bumped, set, and spiked in recent years with more authority than Merino.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But this year’s election cycle has been decidedly quieter for bumping the national threshold to $15 an hour.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • At a glance, Fitzgerald played well enough as a rookie to enter next year as the favorite for starting shortstop, hitting 15 homers, stealing 17 bases and posting an .831 OPS over 96 games.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • In a game of dueling masterpieces from Nikola Jokic and Kyrie Irving, neither of them dealt the decisive blow.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Donald Trump slams Nancy Pelosi for corruption, calls military generals stupid Robby Soave and Nomiki Konst react to Donald Trump’s rhetoric, resorting to more name-calling.
    The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lydia Lucero, 49, lives nearby and said the truck appeared to have been up in the middle of 15th Avenue after slamming into the wall of a corner house.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Donald Trump made his closing pitch to supporters while knocking several of his opponents in his last rally of the presidential election on Monday night.
    Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Toyota’s Japanese manufacturing plants crank out about 13,500 new vehicles every day—but last year, 14 of them were knocked offline for 24 hours by a single software glitch.
    Chris Turlica, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Hurricane Oscar made landfall in far eastern Cuba around the same time as the blackout, throwing a one-two punch that has sapped precious resources in a country suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Live updates on Election Day snags:Legal fights and long, long lines Profanities and a punch that knocked glasses off judge's face Again, police reported, Schmidt was told to go to the back of the line.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Swipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swipe. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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