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whirlwind

[hwurl-wind, wurl-] / ˈʰwɜrlˌwɪnd, ˈwɜrl- /


NOUN
mass of rapidly rotating air
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Hull matched Vu's four-under-par 68 in a third round played in difficult, windy conditions on the Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Air Force turned Whirlwind into the basis of an air-defense system.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2020

If I am stunned that White, such a gifted player in his prime, wants to keep grinding away, the Whirlwind seems blown away to have survived this long.

From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2019

Alas, it appears Blick was forced to use a borrowed set, teeing off at Whirlwind G.C. in Chandler, Ariz. at 10:39 a.m. local time.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 9, 2018

As a small boy he had been called Whirlwind.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III




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