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Recent Examples of swirl
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
As free agents prepare to hit the market on Wednesday, and trade rumors swirl around some of the biggest names in the crease, the sprint to secure an answer in goal is about to begin.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
In the heart of the Altstadt, a short walk from Marienplatz, another of Munich’s must-sees, Hofbrauhaus is a swirl of oompah music, clinking liters and travelers discovering that Bavarian exuberance doesn’t require a festival.
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David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Verb
The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
As free agents prepare to hit the market on Wednesday, and trade rumors swirl around some of the biggest names in the crease, the sprint to secure an answer in goal is about to begin.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Noun
But a small leftover swirl in the atmosphere could help spark new storms later Saturday, the weather service said.
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Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
In the heart of the Altstadt, a short walk from Marienplatz, another of Munich’s must-sees, Hofbrauhaus is a swirl of oompah music, clinking liters and travelers discovering that Bavarian exuberance doesn’t require a festival.
—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
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On and on, these songs stir the soul.
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In fact, NBCUniversal is wading into the buzz round Polymarket, Kalshi and other prediction market services that have stirred controversy.
Verb
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By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.
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Lestat is basically in Hell; having turned Nicky, he is now forever severed from him mentally, while Nicky’s mental state continues to deteriorate.
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Meanwhile, his administration has sued states for access to voter rolls and the FBI has seized materials from the 2020 election in Georgia and Arizona.
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By actively stabilizing its ride height, roll, and pitch, the boat steadies the deck for transferring the pilot safely, even at speed.
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The rotating door of managers in Queens spins once again.
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Nobody expected that the Feeneys would go on for half a century, but every winter and spring that passed, the team would be back on the diamond, albeit with a rotating cast.
Noun
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Our team has reviewed dozens of the best sheet sets over the years, and these Boll & Branch sheets are part of shopping director Rachel Fletcher’s own rotation.
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Beneficiaries of the urgent, unprecedented buildout of computing capacity are carrying the indexes, with timely rotations into the broader array of stocks allowing the leaders to rest periodically.
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The rotating door of managers in Queens spins once again.
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The first permanent cotton-spinning mill was established in Pawtucket, Rhode Island dating back to 1790.
Noun
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Dull says that the redesign will eliminate eddies inside the dam, increasing efficiency and saving the lives of juvenile salmon who might get stuck inside.
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That uses the aerodisc wheels, each machined from a single piece of aluminum and designed to minimize range-sapping eddies and wakes by funneling the air like a turbine.
Verb
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Throngs of people gather to watch troupes perform ballet over the hum of violin strings, twirl to Hindi music in traditional Indian dress, and even stomp to heavy metal.
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Keith twirled the edges in his fingers and flipped the long part back and forth over his shoulder.
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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