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Recent Examples of churns
As the song churns on, the focus narrows in on West until everything else falls away.
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Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Harris is one of tens of thousands of Americans killed or injured each year by gun violence, a public health crisis that escalated in the pandemic and churns a new victim into a hospital emergency room every half hour.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The uptrend remains in place, for sure, even as the index churns under 6900.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
The region will feel the effects of a Catalina eddy, a system that churns in a counter-clockwise direction, funneling moisture ashore, creating a thick marine layer that can extend all the way to the mountains.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Beachgoers are being warned to stay off the sand and out of the water as Hurricane Erin churns toward New York, where it is expected to cause dangerous rip currents.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Harris is one of tens of thousands of Americans killed or injured each year by gun violence, a public health crisis that escalated in the pandemic and churns a new victim into a hospital emergency room every half hour.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The uptrend remains in place, for sure, even as the index churns under 6900.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
The region will feel the effects of a Catalina eddy, a system that churns in a counter-clockwise direction, funneling moisture ashore, creating a thick marine layer that can extend all the way to the mountains.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Beachgoers are being warned to stay off the sand and out of the water as Hurricane Erin churns toward New York, where it is expected to cause dangerous rip currents.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churns
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To load the product onto the brush, Barnes swirls the tool into the pan twice and taps it twice to prevent fallout.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2025
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The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If a family conversation stirs old worries, that’s normal.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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In a cave that sheltered freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad, their uncle shares a story of a creature that stirs at night.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Other seafood boils range from $20 to $50.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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Here are some parties, crawfish boils, king cake locations, and more for the holiday.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Even as Riley’s high-concept, allegorical sci-fi spins wildly out of control, especially around a teleportation device that’s somehow both under- and overexplained, the three actors ground a dizzying, entertaining acid trip that plays all the way to the back of the room.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2026
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This spins Salley out all over again.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Trump seethes with hatred and erupts in volcanic fury to denounce, demonize, disparage and threaten anyone who refuses to support his increasingly irrational and harmful proposals and actions.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Continue reading … PUMP PANIC — White House says oil price spike 'short-term' as Iran conflict roils energy markets.—
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FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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The vast majority of the world’s most advanced chips are produced in Taiwan, so anything that roils that supply chain would be negative for the stock market and the global economy.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Churns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churns. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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