swooshed

past tense of swoosh

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Recent Examples of swooshed But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with. Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025 As Ger stood by, the panels swooshed open and a kid with a skateboard walked in. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2025 Lately, guests at top-tier resorts around the world have been given plenty of opportunities to experience such transformations—or, at the very least, to feel nurtured and relaxed while being gently swooshed and stretched. Flora Tsapovsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swooshed
Verb
  • The city’s subway system experienced service disruptions at several locations after water poured onto the tracks, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • For that project, contractors poured new, tinted concrete for the bottom of the pool and utilized a hydrophilic joint sealing strip, Hydrotite, from the New Jersey company Sika.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • As Chinese companies have rushed to develop AI models and hardware that can rival that of the US, the government has also carefully rolled out incremental measures to maintain social stability.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • The ram whirled, rushed down off his rocky pinnacle, and went by us.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

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“Swooshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooshed. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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