1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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In front of the federal building on Los Angeles Street, yellow city street sweepers rolled back and forth between blooming jacarandas and scores of police vehicles.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
The street sweeper dives right down the middle of the street doing nothing.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Mixing up the four-seam with the sinker, using the sweeper effectively, mixing speeds, sometimes having to pitch up and in, varying looks and everything.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
The cutter joined a curveball, sweeper and fastball that can hit the upper-90s.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
The street sweeper dives right down the middle of the street doing nothing.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Mixing up the four-seam with the sinker, using the sweeper effectively, mixing speeds, sometimes having to pitch up and in, varying looks and everything.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
The cutter joined a curveball, sweeper and fastball that can hit the upper-90s.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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