whirlwind
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“It’s been a whirlwind the last couple days,” Bubic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The LP is also a whirlwind of competing genres in which John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr flex their muscles and prove that they’re at home in virtually any genre.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
I’m on a whirlwind Europe/U.K. trip for a few columns and looking forward to some beach time in Oregon in a few weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the course of a whirlwind four weeks, every wing of the parliamentary Labour Party has anointed him as the only person able to reverse their electoral predicament.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It needed the thunder and the avalanche, the war cry and the whirlwind.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Mars is constantly swept by winds that lift fine dust into spinning whirlwinds known as dust devils.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
Dust devils are small whirlwinds that form from hot air rising from the ground, and their internal movements can give rise to electrical discharges.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
The couple share joint custody of their children, though the split sent whirlwinds of tabloid drama their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
They scattered and gathered; they swirled into great whirlwinds; they undulated across the room in waves.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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