Mustachioed cheesemakers getting swept off their vintage bicycles by a tidal wave of brown filth.
In all three cases, vehicles were swept off the road in flash floods.
It is a throwback to the 1947 partition plan, which decades of hostility and war have swept off the negotiating table.
Rachel McCollum and Darren Cecil were on holiday from Kettering when their son, Dylan, was swept off the jetty at Burnham-on-Sea in August.
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Storm surges of 15 feet caused entire homes to be swept off their foundations when water couldn't flow underneath, as properties built on pilings allow.
West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul, who was virtually immovable against England earlier in the summer, made the most of that escape by reaching 50 off 60 balls, with the highlights big sixes off Tremlett over mid-wicket and a swept maximum off Sean Ervine.
Shah swept boundaries off Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi, before Pietersen also went on the sweep, hitting Afridi for his second six.
Peters, who swept Taylor off one knee for a massive six, looked on course to reach three figures before Gidman's inswinger sent his middle-stump flying and Taylor found Afzaal's edge.
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The sell-off swept across markets and asset classes, while safe haven currencies strengthened and gold continues to set new highs.
Twice a day, she swept the sand off the sleeping mats, and she helped stack the kapashi leaves for transport back to the village.
Kallis took nine balls to get off the mark but swept a four and a six off Giles, who conceded 14 in his opening over.
For a while after she moved in, he pottered around with a smile on his grizzled face, raffishly touching the brim of his baseball cap to us neighbors and whistling as he swept the leaves off his front steps.
The 27-year-old and his 60-year-old father were swept into the sea off Tregardock, near Delabole, on Sunday.
We had to leave our bikes because we kept being blown off them and almost swept away.
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The antics of Westminster have been swept out of Scottish heads and off the front pages of Scottish newspapers.
The chain sprung to life in August 2005 after the sale of its Canadian unit took about a billion dollars of debt off its books and swept Canada head EricClausEric Claus into the chief executive role.
It got even more exciting when Tamim slog-swept two sixes in an over off Swann, and as he eyed his third Test century Kayes reached his first fifty at this level with a well-executed sweep shot for four off the expensive Swann.
Italy left two strikers forward and the tactic paid off as Riccardo Montolivo swept a long ball over the head of Philipp Lahm, allowing Balotelli to chest the ball down and run clear before smashing an unstoppable shot beyond a stunned Manuel Neuer.
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But he could also find his administration blown off-course or even swept aside by popular outrage.
Fiorentina levelled when Per Kroldrup swept home but Massimo Gobbi was sent off for an alleged elbow on Robben before Klose won it at the death.
The Devils were coming off an emotional weekend, having swept a home-and-home series from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
West Ham grabbed gratefully at the let-off and the outstanding Scott Parker swept home a third from Obinna's cross after 75 minutes.
Hossain used his feet to good effect to hit three boundaries in an over off Patel, who was later swept for six by Mushfiqur.
The army hopes to install a pontoon bridge to reach the part of the village cut off since the old bridge was swept away by the mud on Monday.
However, United worked their way into the game against a flagging Celtic side and, when Forster could only block on the line after a Conway free-kick was deflected towards goal off two visiting players, Goodwillie swept it low into the near corner from 10 yards.
Gael-force winds of change off the shores of Lake Michigan have swept through Milwaukee.
Wawrinka, who defeated Andy Murray in the previous round, fought off four match points before eventually being swept aside.
Castleford hit back with a move which swept the length of the pitch and was finished off by the diving Ferres.
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