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swirly

[swur-lee] / ˈswɜr li /


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By the 1970s, even the Queen was wearing looser-fitting evening gowns with drapey arms and "swirly whirly" patterns.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

Its use of a claustrophobic frame, swirly bokeh and color bias celluloid deepen a mother’s downward spiral.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Imagine pouring paint on a spinning canvas - it makes swirly patterns.

From Space Scoop Oct. 24, 2025

Here, complications from untreated mental illness drive the unreliable narrator trope for a swirly, tangled hair-raiser.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2024

Instead, she folded it up and stuffed it into her swirly blue pillowcase.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake




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