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to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
swirled her skirts as she danced the tango
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Recent Examples of swirled
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The Kings otherwise stood pat amid rumors that had swirled involving moving center Domantas Sabonis to the Toronto Raptors and being in the mix for Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Trade rumors swirled around Skubal all winter, with his still-to-be-determined 2026 salary one of many complications in any potential deal.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Speculation has swirled around the 49ers’ practice facilities and their proximity to an electrical substation.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Questions swirled around whether players would decline to go ahead of last year’s visit.
—Ed Guzman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
During the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, which concluded last season, optimism swirled at Williams.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Getty Images In the frenzied state of whether the Los Angeles Dodgers have an unfair economic advantage – especially after Kyle Tucker signed his record four-year, $240 million deal with the club – talks of a salary cap have swirled.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
A number of foreign correspondents posted messages Monday as speculation swirled that the international coverage will bear a substantial amount of cuts.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Ahead of the halftime show, rumors swirled that Bad Bunny would don a dress, paying tribute to the LGBTQ icons of his native Puerto Rico.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The Kings otherwise stood pat amid rumors that had swirled involving moving center Domantas Sabonis to the Toronto Raptors and being in the mix for Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Trade rumors swirled around Skubal all winter, with his still-to-be-determined 2026 salary one of many complications in any potential deal.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Speculation has swirled around the 49ers’ practice facilities and their proximity to an electrical substation.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Questions swirled around whether players would decline to go ahead of last year’s visit.
—Ed Guzman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
During the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, which concluded last season, optimism swirled at Williams.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Getty Images In the frenzied state of whether the Los Angeles Dodgers have an unfair economic advantage – especially after Kyle Tucker signed his record four-year, $240 million deal with the club – talks of a salary cap have swirled.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
A number of foreign correspondents posted messages Monday as speculation swirled that the international coverage will bear a substantial amount of cuts.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirled
Adjective
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In this succession of adaptations, each filmmaker has gradually softened the original form—a dark and twisted story of obsession, generational trauma, and self-destruction—into something that more closely resembles a wild, cinematic love story.—
Cazzie David,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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As the rising sun seeps through twisted mangroves, JP Clark’s fly fishing rod bends suddenly.—
Max Chesnes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That look stirred me and made my heart jump.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Like natural peanut butter, tahini should be stirred before being used.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Kiara hugged me hard, then twirled me around to check out my outfit.—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Saliva, a yawn, even the sound of hair being twirled crackles with intensity thanks to Julij Zornik’s stark sound design.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The Ram spun back onto the road and toward the Altima as it was being driven west on Route 2, state police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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On the 5th hole, a 110-yard Par 3, Shipley spun a wedge shot past the pin and watched the ball roll back into the hole, the first ever ace since the league launched last year.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The only way Seattle could’ve lost this game is if Darnold turned into a pumpkin and threw multiple interceptions.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Around 30 Emirati companies were listed as participants, but none showed up; the exhibition space allocated to EDGE Group — one of Abu Dhabi’s biggest arms makers — was turned into a coffee shop.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But just like a game of Telephone, the truth behind the prophecy got so warped over time that eventually there was very little, if any, truth still in it at all.—
Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Tanner’s language vividly captures the warped patterns of their thinking.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Within seconds, Perez smacked a cellphone out of the man's hand, swung at his head and tackled him to the ground.—
Sheridan Hendrix,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Over the past decade, screening guidelines have swung from recommending routine screening to advising against it to landing somewhere in between, and major organizations still don’t all say it the same way.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In the photo, the couple lay entwined on a fancy carpet, wearing dinner attire, in a posh San Francisco home owned by the oil rich Getty family with a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean visible behind them.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The spacecraft saw an arching filament made from entwined magnetic fields carrying plasma and connected to a cross-shaped region of magnetic activity laced with more magnetic field lines.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Swirled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirled. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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