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flurry

[flur-ee, fluhr-ee] / ˈflɜr i, ˈflʌr i /




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Twenty-five days later, on July 7, banks published a flurry of price targets as they initiated coverage of SpaceX as a regulatory quiet period on such research expired.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

After a flurry of companies such as Intuit and Dick’s Sporting Goods lowered their guidance this week, J.M.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The Sheriff’s Department and county have also faced a flurry of litigation from families whose loved ones died in the jail system, including around 15 cases represented by Contreras’ firm.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Experts have cited a flurry of obstacles, including voting for soldiers, for millions of Ukrainian refugees and people from occupied territories, as well as disinformation threats from Russia.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

These thoughts were broken up by a flurry of wingbeats, and a seagull landed on the roof.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Mr. Smil also has a gift for helping the reader appreciate these flurries of numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

In Tokyo, the flowers reached full bloom during the weekend, entering a brief period of stunning beauty, before the petals will fall like flurries of snow.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

While Friday was originally set as the opening date of the Heavenly and Northstar ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area, officials said mild weather and stubbornly insufficient flurries have delayed those plans.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

She’s remained on top as technology like foam injected composite rackets has lifted pickleball from Tupperware flurries to intense athletic slugfests.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Every few days snow flurries descended on Lake Washington.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Boston flurried at the end of the half to take a 68-56 lead into halftime.

From Seattle Times Jun. 8, 2022

Sircar called out as doctors and nurses flurried around a 48-year-old man who had been rushed in and intubated in the emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2021

City Council staffers flurried to do the same for their bosses.

From Slate Sep. 21, 2017

In the midst of his flurried activity, I often feared I was underfoot: a hindrance who needed instruction, rather than a helping hand.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2016

The black wings flurried and black dragon-blood dropped in thick drops into the sea.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

As Antoshak recalls, it was flurrying — the first snow of the season.

From Washington Post Sep. 7, 2022

Long lines of blue-clad fans stood queued up for beers despite an overcast sky and flakes of snow flurrying to the ground.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2018

It is a gem of a work, opening with a fantasia of flurrying 16th notes that echo snowfall.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2017

That evening, the Humphreys drove through flurrying snow to his headquarters in Minneapolis.

From Time Magazine Archive

What if you’re both wrong? she said, her hands flurrying.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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