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churn

[churn] / tʃɜrn /


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Analysts say another round of price rises could trigger a fresh churn in the market as price-sensitive customers switch to the cheapest plans available.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The move arrives as Netflix’s stock price has tumbled, and the company is under pressure from shareholders to churn out more hit films and TV shows, while increasing engagement on the platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

This emerged as a pattern during his first term, when personnel churn was a constant.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

It isn’t clear whether YouTube would charge for access to individual books, but the offering could be another way to make its ecosystem richer and reduce subscriber churn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

My stomach starts to churn, and not from the food smells or because I’m getting hungry for dinner.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Long dominated by mass-market Hindi-language Bollywood, Indian cinema churns out around 2,000 films each year and has been expanding its global appeal.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The nation churns out more than half of the world’s merchant vessels every year and builds warships at high speed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

"The galaxy churns out new stars and planets continuously, so there are many in every stage of evolution," Cieza said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Just north of Bath, Marshfield Farm churns out some of the West Country's best-known ice creams using milk from its own herd.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The water around me whirls and churns like cranks in a pulley system.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

August brought Super Typhoon Dolphin, which churned across the Pacific for 16 days - before slamming into eastern China, triggering heavy floods and dozens of casualties.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

While Simon churned across the Pacific, satellites detected something remarkable happening far above the clouds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Aside from being showered with gravel churned up by the "gobby" miscreants, no one came to harm that day, but others have not been so lucky.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

When top tech companies, law firms and investment banks wanted global citizens, the elite educational complex churned them out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Seven’s stomach churned with fear, and she practiced her combat skills and magical attacks in her head the whole way.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

“He can take anything, and it gets his wheels churning until it’s something that fits us,” Northwestern head coach David Braun said of Kelly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Jim Paxon remembers the roar as water cascaded down the dam’s spillway, tossing mist into the air and churning the ground below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

That’s the big idea churning under “Whalefall’s” surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

It is in moments like this that Carrick, who presents such a calm front in public, must be churning inside.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

We sip our drinks and munch on our pastries as if our minds weren’t churning with unspoken questions.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper


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