Cross
Swept
Both words in one sentence
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He times his climb so he'll be in the swept area at the moment when two searchlights cross over each other, blinding the guards with the combined reflection from the wall.
Source: Blinded by the Light - Afterwards, the tunnels are being flooded and the survivors must cross the huge leak by shimming along a set of pipes, and the train's motor man (the only character who didn't know how to swim) is the last to cross but falls in the water when the pipes break, where he drowns and is swept away.
Source: Men Are the Expendable Gender -
But they've yet to cross the finish line of winning a WNBA championship, getting swept three consecutively times, twice by the Minnesota Lynx in 2011 and 2013.
Source: Useful Notes / Basketball
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