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Off the bench came, among many others, a 6-foot-11 shot-swatter from Senegal.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026 Both Oi and Gray say the use of good, old-fashioned fly swatters is best.—
Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026 My last two swatters are sitting in prison right now.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Nov. 2025 Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swatter