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Recent Examples of churn
Some nifty drives from Hill has helped keep the Aggies' offense churning despite a poor shooting afternoon so far.
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American Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
The way the air is churning around the low pressure also is expected to create some heavy winds in that area, according to the weather service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
In Earth’s deep interior and under enormous pressure, a dense, hot and fluid metal core began to churn.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Out on the sidewalk and behind barriers, lookie-loos crane their necks for a peek at the competitors, while pin traders mill through the churning crowd in hopes of making a souvenir swap.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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American Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
The way the air is churning around the low pressure also is expected to create some heavy winds in that area, according to the weather service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
In Earth’s deep interior and under enormous pressure, a dense, hot and fluid metal core began to churn.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Out on the sidewalk and behind barriers, lookie-loos crane their necks for a peek at the competitors, while pin traders mill through the churning crowd in hopes of making a souvenir swap.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churn
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Previously, the controversy swirling around Mountbatten-Windsor centered on the accusations of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleged that Epstein trafficked her to his powerful friends, including the former prince.—
Nick Duffy,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Active supermassive black holes greedily feast on matter from a surrounding swirling cloud called an accretion disk.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Austin is only home to one professional sports team — Austin FC — so the Spurs games help stir the capital city’s sports fandom.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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From pioneers such as Ma Rainey and Curley Weaver to icons James Brown, Little Richard, Otis Redding and Ray Charles — who used the blues to fuel their legendary soul careers — Georgia’s scene is stirring.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Provide pets with drinking water that has been boiled (and cooled).—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Old or Previously Boiled Water Leaving water in your tea kettle and boiling it again won't do your tea any favors.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
21 Feb. 2026
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The influx of new observers allowed organizers to spin up neighborhood-specific rapid response groups and reduce response times.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Atkin rotates uphill, alley oop, in the opposite direction to the natural flow of the pipe, and spins 540 degrees (one and a half rotations) before finishing with a mute grab.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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But seething popular anger has not abated in the weeks following a government crackdown that killed thousands of protesters, according to accounts from inside the country.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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For most people, action, cultivating a sense of agency, beats seething.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Churn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churn. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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