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
  • About 250 pages of Caltrans records obtained by Abridged under the California Public Records Act revealed multiple instances in which unapproved concrete was poured, some of which required crews to tear it up and start over.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Political and business leaders poured cold water on calls from AI giants to slow the pace of technological development, while the prospects of a US-China detente looked slim.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Running back Kenneth Walker rushed up the middle only to find a wall, then kicked the run outside to the left and dashed up the sideline for a 60-yard touchdown.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Carter slid inside and Thibodeaux rushed from the edge on third-and-5 late in the first half.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Swooshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooshed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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