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churning

[chur-ning] / ˈtʃɜr nɪŋ /


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DONGGUAN, China—This city near Hong Kong helped turn China into the world’s factory floor decades ago, churning out the cheap toys, shoes, clothing and electronics that powered the country’s economic rise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Those simulations show that the churning material near the surface can escape unevenly rather than flowing away in a smooth, balanced pattern.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Another storm, Super Typhoon Bavi, is churning across the Pacific, on course to hit China's eastern coast later this week, according to forecasts.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

So 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 under $50.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Blacker than basalt, yet churning with fire, it drew her -it wanted her.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

From Salon Feb. 9, 2023

She seems to satisfy, to an extreme and unabashed degree, our romantic belief that the pangs of creative production can be traced directly to private churnings of love and loss.

From The New Yorker Jul. 1, 2015

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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