1.   But then a stronger gust of wind sweeps the balloon over the edge.

2.   The last bits of mylar confetti and red, white and blue shreds of burst balloons have been swept up at the political convention sites.

3.   Tuesday evening, however, fierce jet stream winds swept balloons rapidly out of view of the radar.

4.   The balloonists had hoped to take advantage of jet-stream winds that would have swept the balloon across southern China to the Pacific.

5.   The balloonists had hoped to take advantage of rapid jet-stream winds that would have swept the balloon across southern China to the Pacific.

6.   The balloonists hoped to take advantage of jet-stream winds that would have swept the balloon across southern China to the Pacific.

7.   They had hoped to take advantage of jet-stream winds that would have swept the balloon across southern China to the Pacific Ocean.