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Recent Examples of churning
And, in the aftermath of a stomach-churning stick-up that twisted my guts with the queasy horror of a repressed memory, Gary is given a week to make the problem go away.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Around a spinning black hole, rotational energy would be transferred to light scalar dark matter, amplifying its density, almost like a paddle churning cream into butter.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
Blend until smooth, then finish by churning in an ice cream maker.
—Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 10 May 2026
The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
This is survival rendered in its rawest, ugliest, most gut-churning form.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Still, Mumford rightly notes that their famous books are churning with deep meaning beneath their surface symbols.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Long story short, churning, in various forms, has been around for a while.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
So expect the bottom of the roster to keep churning.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Around a spinning black hole, rotational energy would be transferred to light scalar dark matter, amplifying its density, almost like a paddle churning cream into butter.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
Blend until smooth, then finish by churning in an ice cream maker.
—Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 10 May 2026
The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
This is survival rendered in its rawest, ugliest, most gut-churning form.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Still, Mumford rightly notes that their famous books are churning with deep meaning beneath their surface symbols.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Long story short, churning, in various forms, has been around for a while.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
So expect the bottom of the roster to keep churning.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churning
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The dark matter By looking at how the emission lines in the spectrum were broadened by the Doppler effect, Nakajima and his colleagues measured that the gas is swirling around inside the galaxy at roughly 58 kilometers per second, a rather typical value for dwarf galaxies.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Media reports are swirling that L’Oréal is in discussions to acquire a majority stake in Innovist, an Indian personal care company that includes brands such as Bare Anatomy, Chemist at Play and Sunscoop in its portfolio.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Return to a boil, gently stirring the gnocchi to prevent sticking.—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
18 May 2026
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Set aside at room temperature, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and mixture is syrupy, about 30 minutes.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Several hours ahead or two days ahead, plunge beans into 3 to 4 quarts of rapidly boiling water.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
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In one experiment, a variable-density system allowed the robot to temporarily inflate and change buoyancy using vaporization of a low-boiling liquid.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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During a recent experience, the eight mini games ranged from trivia to stacking foam blocks and from Nerf dart shooting to spinning a giant wheel for points.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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This setup would let researchers detect minute differences in the isotopes’ energy levels by examining nuances in the magnetic field created by each particle’s spinning nucleus, called the nuclear magnetic moment.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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Firefighters witnessed a rare ‘ash devil’ while battling the Trinity fire in San Bernardino County — a whirling column of hot ash and embers created when rising heat meets shifting winds.—
Blanca Begert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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The video then cuts to two Apache helicopters whirling up.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Was Tom seething on the inside?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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Her Catherine is less defined by the quirky, appealing eccentricities of Mary-Louise Parker’s performance in the original 2000 Broadway staging, but is girded by a certain angry resignation, fearful of what life might have in store, furious too, yet seething with a will to defy it all.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Churning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churning. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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