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Recent Examples of churning
More than 130 flights have been canceled out of Chicago Midway and O'Hare because of dangerous weather churning its way across the Midwest, leaving more than 35,000 Illinois residents without power.
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John Tufts,
IndyStar,
18 June 2026
Everyone was in the water, churning over every mound of debris.
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Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Just in time for the semiquincentennial, the churning waves of social media discontent have parted and given us a glimpse of how these United States look (and taste) to wide-eyed World Cup attendees.
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Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Roasting peaches intensifies their flavor, and in this old-school recipe, they're mashed and mixed into a rich custard before churning into a creamy, fruit-forward ice cream.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
Any justice in the community would praise this murderer’s row of craftspeople working on the production design for the period town setting; makeup, especially Pennywise’s horrible face; sound design, for helping to keep the audio terrors churning along; and the costume work.
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William Earl,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The two-minute trailer includes a recreation of the famous sailor-kissing-a-nurse photo from V-J Day, a woman insulting David’s butter churning, some trench warfare repartee about the looks of a soldier’s love back at home, the Boston Tea Party, and jokes about child labor.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2026
That churning mix of confidence and doubt gives Sir Render a full-bodied dynamism that Navy Blue albums can sometimes lack, moving between moods instead of circling around a single frame of mind.
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Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
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Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
18 June 2026
Everyone was in the water, churning over every mound of debris.
—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Just in time for the semiquincentennial, the churning waves of social media discontent have parted and given us a glimpse of how these United States look (and taste) to wide-eyed World Cup attendees.
—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Roasting peaches intensifies their flavor, and in this old-school recipe, they're mashed and mixed into a rich custard before churning into a creamy, fruit-forward ice cream.
—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
Any justice in the community would praise this murderer’s row of craftspeople working on the production design for the period town setting; makeup, especially Pennywise’s horrible face; sound design, for helping to keep the audio terrors churning along; and the costume work.
—
William Earl,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The two-minute trailer includes a recreation of the famous sailor-kissing-a-nurse photo from V-J Day, a woman insulting David’s butter churning, some trench warfare repartee about the looks of a soldier’s love back at home, the Boston Tea Party, and jokes about child labor.
—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2026
That churning mix of confidence and doubt gives Sir Render a full-bodied dynamism that Navy Blue albums can sometimes lack, moving between moods instead of circling around a single frame of mind.
—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
—
Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churning
Verb
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Rumors of guest list drama are swirling Unsurprisingly, Swift and Kelce have been tight-lipped about wedding details, but keeping an event this huge under wraps is an uphill battle.
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In May, confirming rumors that had been swirling for months, Anthropic’s life sciences lead Eric Kauderer-Abrams publicly acknowledged that the company is building out its own wet labs and hiring biologists to run its own basic research.
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Roast until the berries soften and the juices become syrupy, 30-35 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
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The Zoroastrian high priest responded by stirring a pinch of sugar into the milk without spilling a drop.
Verb
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Giant factories vent massive amounts of boiling exhaust straight into the atmosphere.
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When not displaying geyser-like activity, the pool was actively boiling.
Verb
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Just like in the teaser, there are several nods to the magical world from the original film from self-spinning spoons to umbrella dives off a roof, and of course, midnight margaritas.
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Common illusions at sea include ships appearing as spinning in circles or sailing on land, posing dangers to commercial maritime vessels trying to navigate.
Verb
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That’s the question that has been whirling around Hollywood since the news broke that Amazon MGM Studios was dropping the feature just months after Amazon entered into a $50 billion investment with Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
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With the Splash Into Summer there, there were several sprinklers whirling around near several parts of the path giving people a chance to cool off.
Verb
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And Milly’s being this sort of seething, disconnected, sardonic character who is more of an observer.
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Here, seething with envy at his counterpart in the North, Anta Claus sets out on a penguin-power journey to discover the secrets of a perfect Christmas.
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“Churning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churning. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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