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swirl

[swurl] / swɜrl /


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IM-3 is expected to become the first mission to explore the surface of a lunar swirl, allowing robotic systems and deployed instruments to investigate this still mysterious region in greater detail.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Dust devils are formed on warm, sunny days and are visible due to the dust or hay that they pick up and swirl around.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Just before serving, top each one with a generous swirl of citrus-whipped ricotta from a piping bag.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Inside, the coffered ceiling of the main hall is a street map of Manhattan, a swirl of blue tiles forming the Hudson River.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Like something could blow in at any moment and swirl it away.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Hockney’s largest canvas — at more than 7 feet tall and 20 feet wide — is filled with deft lines and Hockney’s signature swirls.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

On the island's downwind side, the satellite captured von Kármán vortex streets, which look like repeating swirls spinning in opposite directions.

From Science Daily May 6, 2026

We note how the small scale, finely drawn swirls of her sleeve are challenged by the suave oval of her face and the emphatic line of her shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

But start folding in coconut shreds, caramel swirls, candy pieces, cookie dough, marshmallows?

From Salon Mar. 5, 2026

The icing had been applied in thick, painterly swirls.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

As speculation about McConnell has swirled, Beshear has been inundated with questions regarding the senator’s absence.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Unsubstantiated rumours have swirled on social media claiming that students in Stanford's coveted computer science programme have had trouble finding jobs.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

When the U.S. players took the field for the first time, doubt swirled around them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Controversy has already swirled around the football governing body's official ticketing for the largest-ever World Cup, which begins June 11 with an expanded 48-team format and 104 matches across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Southern venti swirled through the hall in clouds of red dust and superheated air.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Ken Billington’s lighting and Constance Hoffman’s costumes, which featured swirling flared skirts in different candy-colored plaids for the female chorus, added to the effect, as did Ms. Zambello’s direction, which emphasized thrust rather than sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Experts at Chilbolton Observatory, operated by the UK's national space laboratory RAL Space, monitor UK-licenced satellites and fast-multiplying fragments of space debris swirling around them.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Zooming in on the Sun's surface, the team captured a detailed view of swirling vortices.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Now, questions are swirling about whether authorities will be able to raise the boat, if any bodies are inside, and if the wreckage can reveal what happened.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

A blizzard of ash poured down, swirling up her nose and making it almost impossible to breathe.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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