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whirlwind

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


NOUN
mass of rapidly rotating air
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A whirlwind nine days followed, with Williams saying she "had nothing to prove" and that the main motivation was the prospect of her daughters seeing her play.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But a whirlwind of recent developments has drawn attention to the race.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

They dragged me from the second place to the third place, every voice sowing the wind, all things summoning the whirlwind that would sweep us all away to drown in the deepest sea.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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