- present participle of churn.
churning
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Two hurricanes churning in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico are sending high surf toward Southern California that will overlap with unusually high tides, bringing hazards for beachgoers and possible coastal flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Hermès was churning out around 280,000 watches a year, according to Oliver Müller, founder of Swiss watch consultancy LuxeConsult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Luckily, with a bit of strategic churning — that is, adding and dropping services month to month — you can still catch the best shows while keeping your monthly streaming budget around $50.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Between flashes, the churning white water of the ships’ wakes was clearly visible against the black sea.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The intensity depends on many factors, including complex churnings in the Earth's core.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
Bachelder’s reliance on sub-rosa psychological churnings partly reflects his strengths as a novelist: he excels as an analyst of the anxieties that undergird social mores rather than as a dramatist of extravagant scenes.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2016
It was an illustration of the many simultaneous churnings that animate India today.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2013
Evensong belies its title by ascending to multiphonic free jazz with hymnal piano churnings beneath.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2011
His mind was a grayness and there were churnings of pain in his stomach.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing churning
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