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Recent Examples of churning
Ray continued his reinvention into a two-seam fastball pitcher, churning efficient contact outs and taking a shutout into the eighth inning before allowing an unearned run.
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Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 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,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
The chugging and churning riffs of the Swedish hard-core band’s breakout song once used to echo the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the kitchen.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Abstractions that looked like scribbled pastels or Helen Frankenthaler oils or the iTunes visualizer would give way to churning data pigment, sloshing in a square frame.
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Max Norman,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
Given the low cost of entry and all the bonus green Fox is churning up during the hydration breaks, the network is going to make a killing this summer; as such, there’s nothing but blue skies ahead.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 June 2026
While the actors and their stunt doubles display impressive moves, and Claudia Sarne’s industrial electronica score keeps the action churning, the many clashes are mostly generic, seldom packing much of a visceral wallop, and the effects work is strictly standard-issue.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
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
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
—
Rosemary Trout,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
The chugging and churning riffs of the Swedish hard-core band’s breakout song once used to echo the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the kitchen.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Abstractions that looked like scribbled pastels or Helen Frankenthaler oils or the iTunes visualizer would give way to churning data pigment, sloshing in a square frame.
—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
Given the low cost of entry and all the bonus green Fox is churning up during the hydration breaks, the network is going to make a killing this summer; as such, there’s nothing but blue skies ahead.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 June 2026
While the actors and their stunt doubles display impressive moves, and Claudia Sarne’s industrial electronica score keeps the action churning, the many clashes are mostly generic, seldom packing much of a visceral wallop, and the effects work is strictly standard-issue.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
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.
—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
18 June 2026
Everyone was in the water, churning over every mound of debris.
—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 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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Ships collide furiously in a gray and seething Narrow Sea.
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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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“Churning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churning. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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