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Off the bench came, among many others, a 6-foot-11 shot-swatter from Senegal.—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 Both Oi and Gray say the use of good, old-fashioned fly swatters is best.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026 My last two swatters are sitting in prison right now.—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2025 Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings.—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swatter