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Recent Examples of swirl
Toria Sheffield, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
The night sky will reveal stunning sights such as the craters of the Moon, the majestic rings of Saturn, the swirling bands of Jupiter, and other astronomical wonders.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
Smoky, spicy swirls of raspberry preserve, leather, and sweet tobacco meld into a profoundly ripe yet lively and fresh palate, struck by layers of dusty graphite, ore, and iodine.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Verb
In video footage captured by Fox 11 on Friday, Jan. 10, viewers were able to see swirling winds emanating from a hillside blaze.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
The night sky will reveal stunning sights such as the craters of the Moon, the majestic rings of Saturn, the swirling bands of Jupiter, and other astronomical wonders.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
As Denver faces a High Wind Warning and a winter storm swirls in northwestern Colorado, metro temperatures are forecast to fall to 17 degrees overnight Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
Smoky, spicy swirls of raspberry preserve, leather, and sweet tobacco meld into a profoundly ripe yet lively and fresh palate, struck by layers of dusty graphite, ore, and iodine.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
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Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes.Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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But many more residents across the 9.6-million-population county were mistakenly sent an evacuation warning Thursday evening, potentially inciting unnecessary panic and stirring further criticism of state and local officials.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to pandemic and production delays, however, training turned into a long, grueling process.Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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And then that’s turned into a working animatronic suit that is so insane.Adam B. Vary, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Characters are built by choosing Ways, which function like skills, feats and class talents that modify dice rolls.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Other data, such as your camera roll settings or location, may be collected automatically.Kim Key, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
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Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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My encounters with dancing baseball players and rotating snow brooms were not grist for the mill of public discussion; this experience was unique to me.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
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However, adding depth to their rotation behind Skubal (like Stroman) would be a big boost.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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But none of the Bulls stars offered enough firepower to fend off the Hawks’ second-string rotation.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Because Mercury spins on an axis with a miniscule tilt of just 0.01 degrees—almost perpendicular to its plane of orbit around the sun—the rims of all four of these polar craters cast permanent shadows within their depths.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
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DeRozan drove to the middle of the lane and spun to the same left side of the key.Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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Put simply, this is a giant eddy caused by a rotating column of water that forms above undersea mountains.David Szondy, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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That is, some turbulent flows exhibit energy cascades, whereby large eddies transfer some of their energy to smaller eddies.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
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The authors ultimately identified two distinct forms of equilibrium that enable steady-state hula hooping: a synchronization process causing the hoop to twirl at the same frequency as the gyration motion, directing its center outward, and the hoop's vertical positioning.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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Today’s political heavy hitters are just as likely to twirl tagliatelle at Officina or spoon paella at Spanish showstopper Del Mar in the trendy Wharf district.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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