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Four men were arrested under the anti-terrorism Act after police swooped on a residential street in Southampton early today.
Police are appealing to people in Darwen to keep their homes secure after bogus salesmen swooped on the town.
She watched as the gray mantled gull swooped down and greedily ate the smashed contents of the shattered clamshell.
No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs.
I could hear the billowing of her flannelette nightie as she swooped down the hallway, huffing and puffing with determination.
As police cordoned off part of the crash sites, firefighting planes and helicopters swooped overhead to battle a brush fire started by the crash.
As I stopped to check it out I was swooped upon by the salesman and was given the big spiel.
High pastures rise, bare but for a wedge of trees, and redshanks swooped in quickly to the rushes by our feet.
Even though I was over 250 meters from the sitting bird the other stilts were really agitated and swooped low over my head and continued to call.
The gown was made of the smoothest painted red silk with a red lace trim on the hem and the neckline, which swooped down low in a prettily way.
Shortly after dawn on September 10, five military helicopters swooped on the remote jungle hideout.
I was actually talking to him about buying the one of the swage blocks when you swooped in.
A few black birds swooped into the air, almost in unison, then dived down again as if doing some sort of dance.
The bird swooped down and settled itself upon the pinnacle of the flagpole, its grey-and-white feathers tinged silver in the dusky light.
Officers investigating the attack swooped on a house in Farnworth on Wednesday afternoon.
The 19-year-old was arrested early today when police swooped on a house in the town.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after police swooped on the four-bedroom home in Woodward Heights, Grays.
Ten people were arrested after police swooped on a dozen addresses in south Manchester.
Just before dawn, 200 police officers swooped on six homes and seized documents.
A landlady was arrested when police swooped on a pub on the outskirts of Bolton town centre.
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And Ginger, beaming happily, swooped on Sally's table like a homing pigeon.
Skilled in deep-sea lore as he was, he knew the dark fury which had swooped down upon the devilfish.
Down swooped the great cog into the narrow channel which was the portal to safety.
Then down I swooped, very swiftly, but not nearly so steeply as I imagined I was doing.
Attached to each rookery was a pair of skua gulls, who swooped down and quickly flew off with any eggs left for a moment untended.
Officers swooped on two properties in Minch Road, in the Owton Manor area, at 1pm on Thursday.
Greedy for carrion, and sure that this must be a fresh corpse, the bird swooped down upon the boy.
But Ulysses gave a great cry, and gathering himself together swooped down like a soaring eagle.
The storm petrel hovered high, swooped close, her lips parted.
About six weeks ago, a laboratory, still in operation when law enforcement swooped in, was seized in Lamont, a Kern County community.
But now Austin had come and swooped off with his one ewe lamb.
As such, Bogie swooped for French forward Armand One just hours before the transfer window closed on Tuesday.
A SHOPLIFTER was stopped in his tracks by a passer-by and a security guard who swooped into action and gave chase in his car.
The lion was already reaching forth a taloned paw to seize him when the bird swooped and buried no less formidable talons in Tarzan's back.
Police swooped on homes in Ribble Road, Stoke, and Copperas Street, Aldermans Green, yesterday and took two 49-year-old men into custody.
In olden times an eagle swooped down upon the New England coast, and carried off an infant Indian in his talons.
A night-hawk swooped past the window with a startling whirr of wings.
And on one of these rambles down swooped Constable Cobb, the village policeman, pointing out that, contrary to regulations, the puppy had no collar.
Then all of a sudden, on Easter Monday, a warm wind sprang up, storm clouds swooped down, and for three days and three nights the warm, driving rain fell in streams.
After a flawless trip to the International Space Station, Nasa's oldest shuttle swooped through a few wispy clouds on its way to its final touchdown.
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