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  • present participle of churn.
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churning

[chur-ning] / ˈtʃɜr nɪŋ /


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Two hurricanes churning in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico are sending high surf toward Southern California that will overlap with unusually high tides, bringing hazards for beachgoers and possible coastal flooding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Glancing back half a mile later, he saw a towering wall of brown water churning through the gorge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Luckily, with a bit of strategic churning — that is, adding and dropping services month to month — you can still catch the best shows while keeping your monthly streaming budget around $50.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

I lowered the lid and latched it in place, my stomach churning in revulsion.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The intensity depends on many factors, including complex churnings in the Earth's core.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023

Bachelder’s reliance on sub-rosa psychological churnings partly reflects his strengths as a novelist: he excels as an analyst of the anxieties that undergird social mores rather than as a dramatist of extravagant scenes.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2016

It was an illustration of the many simultaneous churnings that animate India today.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2013

Evensong belies its title by ascending to multiphonic free jazz with hymnal piano churnings beneath.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2011

His mind was a grayness and there were churnings of pain in his stomach.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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