Gulls swoop off the sides of the winding path, down the sheer drop to the white sand and turquoise sea hundreds of feet below.

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On other days they would circle parked pick-up trucks, then swoop down and tear off their windscreen wipers.

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Think MF Global which laid off 1200 in one fell swoop in its bankruptcy filing.

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The girl behind the register warned me to get my car off the street because the police were about to swoop down on the gang of thugs milling around in front of the taco place.

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