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verb

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Recent Examples of flurry
Noun
Despite the recent flurry of action, some still hold out hope their sector will be left alone. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 June 2025 But Wilson offered context afterward, what served as perspective that should ease some of the concerns about the flurry of turnovers. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Verb
Models walked 6,500 feet above sea level as fresh snow flurried at the Moncler Grenoble fashion show. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025 Banks’ flurry not only flipped a 33-31 deficit into a 35-33 lead but got the crowd roaring and illustrated how valuable Banks can be on the defensive end. Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flurry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flurry
Noun
  • Pride Month tends to arrive in a confetti burst of color.
    Sophia Bush, Time, 20 June 2025
  • In a burst of architectural brilliance, a pair of striking glass hallways connect the two wings of the main house, one spotlighting views of a cascading creek and the other lush landscaping.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The fire occurred on a breezy spring day, with strong gusts blowing from west to east, pushing flames and thick black smoke along the pier toward the shore.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • More Hossein Beris/Getty Images Iran launched a significant missile barrage on major cities across Israel on Friday.
    Amanda Castro Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • The Sixers signed George to a four-year max contract last offseason to round out their Big Three next to Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, but that trio never got off the ground in 2024-25 due to a nonstop barrage of injuries.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The man, wearing a black polo and slacks, looked up from a table saw, alarmed.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • The potential downside of glucose monitoring is that people who are (perhaps needlessly) alarmed by their CGM data will swap out healthy carbs such as fruit and whole grains for foods that are less healthy—butter, for example, or bacon and red meat.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere, beware of outbursts and shocking news in the first few days of the week.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • For example, Musk dropped nearly $300 million on campaign spending for Donald Trump and other Republicans last year, only to blow up his relationship with the president a few months later with a series of outbursts on social media.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • In another blow to China’s push to become a regional leader, India on Thursday rejected signing a joint statement facilitated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—one such grouping set up by China and Russia to counter U.S. influence.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 June 2025
  • The Senate parliamentarian's guidance has delivered several blows to key GOP provisions, including an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from receiving Medicaid benefits and a plan to lower provider taxes, which states use to help fund their portion of Medicaid costs.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Concerns about student overuse and misuse are still prevalent: About half of teachers worry that student use of AI will decrease teens’ ability to think critically and independently or to have persistence when problem solving, according to the study.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 25 June 2025
  • In Boca Raton, the government campus project has drawn concern, with some residents worrying about the relocation of the current sports facilities there, encroaching on the nearby neighborhoods and actually adding traffic to the city despite one of the goals being to reduce it.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • As chef Bill Jeong’s crispy jeon approaches the table, the generous shavings of bonito dance and flutter atop the savory seafood pancake that’s shot through with strands of scallions and coated with aioli.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
  • Other hazing methods approved by the department in recent years, such as electric fences with red flags attached that flutter in the wind, have done little to keep the wolves from their herds.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Flurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flurry. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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