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Recent Examples of swirls
Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
But as the trial date approaches and uncertainty swirls over what the lawsuit could mean for the future of stock car racing, many of the team owners expressed a feeling of urgency to see the litigation resolved and indicated the current charter system was vital for their continued existence.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Energy has had a tremendous five-year run, but investors have been cautious in 2025 as uncertainty swirls around policymakers.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
To load the product onto the brush, Barnes swirls the tool into the pan twice and taps it twice to prevent fallout.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
But as the trial date approaches and uncertainty swirls over what the lawsuit could mean for the future of stock car racing, many of the team owners expressed a feeling of urgency to see the litigation resolved and indicated the current charter system was vital for their continued existence.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Energy has had a tremendous five-year run, but investors have been cautious in 2025 as uncertainty swirls around policymakers.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirls
Verb
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Paul Mescal stirs as the Bard, complete with an earring, but his co-star Buckley breathes heart-wrenching life into Hamnet.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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Your 4th House of Family gets busy as information-gathering Mercury stirs plans, while auspicious Jupiter highlights your 10th House of Accomplishments.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Shauna Martel, a teaching assistant at the Osher Map Library twirls a massive globe around and points to Australia.—
Jackie Northam,
NPR,
7 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The dirt of the desert is circling around in little eddies as the wind blends it together with the starlight.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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In a more complicated setup, gentle currents might merge into whirlpools and eddies.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Simply hold the brush in place, and sit back as the machine thoroughly washes and dries your bristles within thirty seconds.—
Taryn Brooke,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2026
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Neither washes his hands in the kitchen.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Adley, who at Marigold rotates dishes regularly, is enticing diners to Heretik with a chicken operation and shellfish, oysters and sea urchins.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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This is because the Sun rotates once every 28 days.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In this lucent sky, long white clouds unfurl like rolls of canvas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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This includes the Department of Justice suing 25 states, primarily run by Democrats, for refusing to turn over nonpublic voter rolls that contain sensitive data, including Social Security numbers.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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So, as mortgage rates drop, the mREIT’s stash turns into a lucrative collector’s edition.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Your skin turns white or blue-gray as frostbite progresses and harms all layers of the skin and tissue beneath it.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Just try veering right or left, get your wheels stuck, and that’s the end of you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Even if the weather stops everything else, these wheels keep turning.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Swirls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirls. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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