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as in bursts
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread
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as in gusts
a sudden brief rush of wind
a flurry that scattered the fallen leaves
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as in barrages
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
a patient with a mysterious illness being subjected to a flurry of tests
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as in alarms
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike
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Recent Examples of flurries
Steven Sosna, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Snow flurries in Jacksonville Why is Groundhog Day celebrated?
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
Record cold, bitter wind chills and even some snow flurries ended January and started February for Central Florida overnight Saturday and early Sunday morning.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Rare light snow flurries were seen early Sunday morning in Tampa Bay, Florida, near the city’s National Weather Service field office.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
On Christmas Day 1989, the thermometer dropped to 30 degrees at Miami International Airport and snow flurries tickled upturned faces in Tampa and Sarasota.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Dangerous cold arrives in Kansas City Friday, bringing wind chills well below zero and the chance for a few harmless snow flurries.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
Worst case scenario is that Baltimore metro receives a few flurries with up to a trace of snow.
—Steven Sosna, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Snow flurries in Jacksonville Why is Groundhog Day celebrated?
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 2 Feb. 2026
Record cold, bitter wind chills and even some snow flurries ended January and started February for Central Florida overnight Saturday and early Sunday morning.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Rare light snow flurries were seen early Sunday morning in Tampa Bay, Florida, near the city’s National Weather Service field office.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
On Christmas Day 1989, the thermometer dropped to 30 degrees at Miami International Airport and snow flurries tickled upturned faces in Tampa and Sarasota.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Dangerous cold arrives in Kansas City Friday, bringing wind chills well below zero and the chance for a few harmless snow flurries.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flurries
Noun
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Also, some bursts showed strong circular polarization, a signal characteristic of magnetic processes.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Hulu has steadily built a library of bold, thought-provoking miniseries that have managed to entertain audiences in short bursts.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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In recent weeks, the relentless barrages have damaged some of Ukraine’s protected world heritage sites in Odesa, the western city of Lviv and the capital, Kyiv, UNESCO said Tuesday.—
Kamila Hrabchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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But what alarms him most is the silence from the business community.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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While Cherry is more versed at keeping her rage simmering just below the surface, Laura struggles to hide her anguish and disgust, which alarms those closest to her.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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For his courtroom outbursts, Davis found Thompson in contempt of court and added a little more than four and a half years to his sentence.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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An audience member was removed at one point for outbursts during remarks by commissioner Carrie Prejean, who rejected notions that anti-Zionism equates to antisemitism.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Cheap drinks soften emotional blows.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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But researchers worry that repeated, less dramatic blows, such as heading the ball, can also have long-term effects; there is evidence that players who regularly head the ball are at greater risk of dementia than those, such as goalkeepers, who do not.—
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semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The strategy that King decided on at the last minute was to hang back, lobbing softballs to create long volleys that would tire Riggs out.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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Straight-line rockets, swerving bends, dipping volleys.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Dec. 2025
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Software stocks have sold off in recent weeks on rising AI disruption fears and worries that new agentic tools can replace them.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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But what worries me is a judge should not hold up everything.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Flurries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flurries. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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