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Recent Examples of swirl
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Trade rumors swirled throughout the week leading up to the deadline.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
But the swirl of confusion reflects an ongoing struggle as leaders across the Defense Department try to purge diversity mentions from their websites and training.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The gas and dust swirl together at high speeds, forming the accretion disk that feeds the black hole.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Trade rumors swirled throughout the week leading up to the deadline.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
Could anything new or insightful emerge from that process, given the swirl of media coverage that always surrounds the pop star?
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
But the swirl of confusion reflects an ongoing struggle as leaders across the Defense Department try to purge diversity mentions from their websites and training.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
Verb
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The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton (Starkey), a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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That year, the real estate dealings of two ministers, involving government bungalows, also stirred controversy.—
Nicholas Yong,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The streamer had helped turn Gascón from an unknown in the U.S. into a contender—and on the same day that her old posts garnered attention, Netflix circulated her official apology.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But putting thousands of government employees on the unemployment rolls really does not add up.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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And early in the 2026 cycle, the Illini are on a roll.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The video in question surfaced on Reddit, and shows the console being rotated 180-degrees, the Joy-Cons snapping into place, and a screen attachment connecting to the bottom USB-C port.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Harter rotates between his three go-to flavors: Cherry, Strawberry and Mint — without the chocolate chips.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Yankees were deep in the Juan Soto trenches, while the Red Sox were clear that bolstering their rotation was their first priority.—
Katie Woo,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Rays agreed, allotting him a spot in their rotation that at the moment has one too many pitchers.—
Marc Topkin,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Recording stops and starts without a hitch; the joystick movements instantly spin the motors; the rear trigger reorients the phone; and the zoom dial zooms the camera view when rotated.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Feb. 2025
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Once water is spinning on its own, add eggs, one at a time.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Forecasters said the marine layer will thicken on Monday as a Catalina eddy churns counter-clockwise along the San Diego County coastline.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Readers who crave hard-shell explanations of time travel or who need to know exactly what mechanism causes the continuum to loop and create an eddy will have to look elsewhere.—
Meg Elison,
Scientific American,
1 Jan. 2024
Verb
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This was his second consecutive above-average campaign – Scott twirled a 2.31 ERA through 78 innings for Miami in 2023.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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The effect should be laissez-faire, easy-breezy—but getting to that look isn’t as simple as twirling some fabric around your neck and heading out the door.—
Erika Veurink,
Vogue,
30 Nov. 2024
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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