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whipping

[hwip-ing, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp- /


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After whipping through a few jokes about his appearance and occupation, he paused and looked to the audience at Beaches Tropicana nightclub in West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Magyar’s team feared the tactic risked whipping up hostility toward the candidate now traveling with scant security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

During last week's assisted dying debate Humza Yousaf observed that "less whipping" in the parliament might be a good thing.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Joziah feels that this has definitely affected the way he moves about his life, especially in spaces where he knows that people are constantly whipping out their phones.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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