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In the past few years, warmer temperatures in summer have allowed mosquito populations to explode. So the caribou spend a lot more energy swatting away the mosquitoes. All this swatting leaves the caribou less energy to find food and prepare for the next long winter.
Source: tatoeba (5322520)
Anna's cat became curious about the June bug and started swatting at it.
Source: tatoeba (11842258)
This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.
Source: wiktionary
Swatting started in the combative world of online gaming. It was a way to terrorize someone more famous, get even with a rival or retaliate against someone with different political views.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include beat, defeat, false alarm, false report, hit.
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