1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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Jonathan Aranda worked a two-out walk in the first inning before Diaz deposited a first-pitch sweeper from Janson Junk (2-4) over the wall in left field.
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Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Yastrzemski turned on a sweeper over the plate for a go-ahead RBI double.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Baldwin went deep in the fourth inning, turning a sweeper into a 402-foot drive into the Braves bullpen in deep right-center.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
With one out in the 10th, Steer ripped lefty PJ Poulin’s sweeper to the top of the wall in left field at Great American Ball Park, where a fan reached over and caught the ball in his glove.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 14 May 2026
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Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Yastrzemski turned on a sweeper over the plate for a go-ahead RBI double.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Baldwin went deep in the fourth inning, turning a sweeper into a 402-foot drive into the Braves bullpen in deep right-center.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
With one out in the 10th, Steer ripped lefty PJ Poulin’s sweeper to the top of the wall in left field at Great American Ball Park, where a fan reached over and caught the ball in his glove.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for sweeper
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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