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whirlwind

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


NOUN
mass of rapidly rotating air
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Filming, which used the codename "Whirlwind", was completed in the Hertfordshire town on Monday and Tuesday.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021

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

The car is a very expensive one, a Whirlwind; better than the Chariot, much better than the chunky, practical Behemoth.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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