The Seawolves were swept by top-ranked North Carolina, losing the first two games 11-2 and 7-1.
Shares of Mosaic, a maker of fertiliser, have been swept by one acquisition rumour after another.
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The Mets were swept by Cincinnati in a three-game series at Citi Field.
Over the past few years China has been swept by two broad social changes, both of which reflect middle-class influence.
Two years ago, Indonesia's soccer federation was swept by a leadership change following poor international performance and regular allegations of mismanagement.
Monday's game was pushed back due to flurries and made up as part of a doubleheader Tuesday that was swept by the Rockies.
In the last two years Egypt has been swept by an unprecedented wave of strikes in both public and privately-owned factories and even in some government departments.
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Which it has: simply put there has been a world of innovation in point-of-sale technology and concepts that seems to have swept by Apple, of all companies.
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It took seven consecutive days and nights on trains to get from Moscow to Beijing, each day spent gazing out the windows for hours as the Siberian plains swept by.
Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs for the Astros, who were swept by Boston in four games before heading to New York.
The closest thing to a highlight was the 2003-04 season where they finished 39-43 and made their sole playoff appearance before being swept by the New Jersey Nets.
At the very least, even if the Devils are swept by the Kings (Game 2 is Saturday) and Brodeur retires, the collection is sure to grow by three more sticks.
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After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a forceout call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.
Back when the Giants of Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell reached the 1989 World Series, they were swept by the cross-bay Athletics, a powerhouse in the midst of a three-year run of American League pennants.
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After getting swept by the Mets over four games, Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fired up and got ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a call against New York by second base umpire Vic Carapazza.
Remember, the Knicks aspire to join the NBA's front-tier, adding World Champion center Tyson Chandler to complement Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony and bolster a flawed team that went 42-40 and got swept by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.
The Yankees were swept by Detroit in last year's AL championship series, and instead of loading up with free agent stars, New York spent much of the offseason waiting to see how Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez would recover from their injuries.
In fact, when Yankees manager Joe Girardi takes the lineup card out to home plate for the team's first game that counts since New York was swept by Detroit in the AL championship series, only three names from opening day 2012 will be on it: Cano, Brett Gardner and pitcher CC Sabathia.
Rather than assessing a company's worth by looking at its existing income, they got swept away by hopes of future profits.
After reviving their side by putting on 116 in 23 overs, the sixth-pair were swept up by Matt Mason and Jones in a spirited response by Worcestershire's injury-hit attack after tea.
Nine climbers died in the French Alps when they were swept away by an avalanche.
Lena has heard the warnings and knows her tent could be swept away by the rains.
He seems only rarely to have been swept away by his own fame and good fortune.
But he could also find his administration blown off-course or even swept aside by popular outrage.
The puck trickled behind Fleury and was swept in by John Tavares, but too late.
No one leapt up at the end of his talk, swept up by a moment.
The most important lesson that Mr. Buffett can offer anyone: Don't get swept up by the crowd.
Two men swept away by flooding in separate incidents in Queensland were also found dead on Monday.
Victims were either swept away by the rising waters or buried in mudslides caused by the unseasonable downpours.
In Division Two, Steve Taylor hit 44 for St Georges (164-8), but Ombersley (165-2) swept home by eight wickets.
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