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whirlwind

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


NOUN
mass of rapidly rotating air
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It began a whirlwind that included more than 65 TV interviews and dozens upon dozens of text messages and phone calls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

For Maurer, then an analyst at Soleil Securities, it was a whirlwind IPO period.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

The whirlwind tour begins in the UAE, home to a 4.5 million-strong Indian community.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

But even if you skip a marathon art-viewing session this week, there’s plenty to enjoy among the whirlwind of fairs dotted across the city like tornadoes on a Kansas plain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In Manchester he became something of an intellectual whirlwind, producing books and papers on subjects ranging from meteorology to grammar.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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