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: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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After one out and a pitching change, Vientos hit his second, teeing off on a sweeper from Nick Sandlin, sending it over the left field fence.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
The track also added three new track services trucks and a new fire truck this year, while reconditioning their vacuum truck and sweeper.
—Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Schultz sits 95 with both a four-seamer and sinker and mixes in a cutter, sweeper and changeup.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
Jeremiah Jackson then hit a sweeper over the left-field wall for the Orioles’ second grand slam in a three-inning span.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
The track also added three new track services trucks and a new fire truck this year, while reconditioning their vacuum truck and sweeper.
—Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Schultz sits 95 with both a four-seamer and sinker and mixes in a cutter, sweeper and changeup.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
Jeremiah Jackson then hit a sweeper over the left-field wall for the Orioles’ second grand slam in a three-inning span.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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