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noun

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Recent Examples of swoosh
Verb
The Nike swoosh has been replaced by the Kobe Sheath logo on the chest, and the shirt’s fabric has a snakeskin texture in keeping with Bryant’s Black Mamba nickname. Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 31 July 2025 Detail view of basketball with Nike swoosh on the court during the game between the Syracuse Orange and the Maryland Terrapins at the Carrier Dome on November 27, 2017 in Syracuse, New York. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Noun
Canoes can be heard swooshing along, in no particular rush. Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for swoosh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoosh
Verb
  • Residents in rural Lapel are seeing brown water pouring from their kitchen and bathroom taps.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Inside the speakeasy, Stewart got behind the bar and poured shots.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • A couple more degrees and whoosh.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet after a shaky start to the season, Lawrence responded to the Chiefs star emphatically, connecting with Parker Washington on a three-yard TD toss and a rushing touchdown of his own to even the contest in the third.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The company had just posted record third-quarter sales driven by buyers rushing to complete purchases before the credit expired.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After the final whistle, the main source of frustration for the Forest hierarchy was the performance of the match officials.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Christmas, whistle notes, and not knowing Jennifer Lopez … Mariah Carey’s brand is nothing if not consistent.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the time of the raid, video circulating online shows Shams was interrupted while he live-streamed on WhatNot, an online auction platform.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Episodes stream the next-day on HBO Max and discovery+.
    Ana Calderone, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But, other than its price, eye-catching design aspects include the exterior’s cross-stitched leather, 22-inch drop for the crossbody strap, two separate zip compartments, and three credit card slots.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Inside, there’s a zip-around mesh pocket on one side and compression straps on the other, offering a variety of ways to keep your items organized.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the summer the actress hit the desert and jetted to the islands with her boyfriend Van Hunt and wore an array of bikinis for their excursions.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • As per Union’s Instagram, the couple jetted in for some serious R&R over the weekend.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoosh. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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