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Recent Examples of swirl
Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Agencies are a swirl of things becoming better things.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
In the wake of an $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance, which closed in early August, rumors began swirling that Weiss was being courted to take over CBS News.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Agencies are a swirl of things becoming better things.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
Ironically, though, this comes as rumors of a possible feud between them have been swirling.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
In the wake of an $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance, which closed in early August, rumors began swirling that Weiss was being courted to take over CBS News.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
Verb
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In a heatproof bowl, stir together the eggs, egg yolks, and cornstarch until completely combined.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Warm it over medium heat and stir in the gelatin.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As the credits appeared on TV, Breakker hit Rollins with a spear, turning his back on his former stablemate of The Vision.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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The actor, who turned 98 on March 31, spoke to PEOPLE earlier this year.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Use a sharp knife to cut rolls into 1/2-inch slices.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Chinese mill’s Soft Raw collection enables customer to use unwashed denim directly off the roll with a soft comfortable hand and deep dark inky indigo shades.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The brewery boasts an expansive outdoor seating area, plenty of delicious flagship brews, and a rotating events calendar of open mics and karaoke.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Deadline understands titles will rotate every eight weeks on average.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joining a Blue Jays rotation that appeared more built for the regular season slog, Bieber held playoff potential.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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An end-of-the-bench player during his three seasons in Minnesota, Minott should be part of Mazzulla’s core rotation to open his first campaign as a Celtic.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Jones appeared to target Bourne, who spun the opposite way of Jones’ throw.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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There are few cities in the world with the same head-spinning array of top-tier hotels as Venice.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With its welcoming yet offbeat eddies of piano, acoustic guitar, woodwinds, and horns, Heavy Metal was a far cry from Geese’s livewire rock.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, in two of the four cases with moderate bubble size and density, the turbulence in the flow closely followed Kolmogorov’s predictions at small scales for eddies smaller than the size of the bubbles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Hartman then twirled his hand as Gudbranson looked up and then put his stick in Gudbranson’s midsection while on the ice.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Other photos show just mom and her daughter twirling together alone.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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