swirl
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Often, it helps to see a visual representation of your finances in black and white so you can deal with the hard facts, rather than the swirl of anxiety that accompanies them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
IM-3 is expected to become the first mission to explore the surface of a lunar swirl, allowing robotic systems and deployed instruments to investigate this still mysterious region in greater detail.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
But to show a live-action dancer partnering an animated figure in an entirely painted landscape as autumn leaves swirl in slow motion around them was another feat altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But, in recent months and yes, recent days, this swirl around Farage has started to give his political rivals belief that he is vulnerable and beatable.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
He winds the watch slowly, regarding the hands intently as they swirl around the face.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Pili has spent the week quietly slipping through corridors while the media storm swirls around Taylor.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hockney’s largest canvas — at more than 7 feet tall and 20 feet wide — is filled with deft lines and Hockney’s signature swirls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
On the island's downwind side, the satellite captured von Kármán vortex streets, which look like repeating swirls spinning in opposite directions.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
We note how the small scale, finely drawn swirls of her sleeve are challenged by the suave oval of her face and the emphatic line of her shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Black smoke billows and swirls in the morning sky, and below it, maybe fifty yards ahead, is a single car that has caught on fire.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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I joined six others on mats on the venue’s galactically swirled green-blue floors.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
After more than a year-and-a-half of intense spectacle and legal wrangling, Luigi Mangione appeared in a federal courtroom in New York on Friday as rumours swirled that he may plead guilty.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Those comments swirled in my head as I hustled toward the shuttle pickup line near the Pike Outlets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
For months, rumors have swirled that he may be poised to retire, but conservatives are split over whether he should.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It cascaded to the ground and swirled elegantly about her feet.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran Program Senior Director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said this debate had been swirling around leadership circles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
With bright colors and bold, swirling lines, his vivid imagery captured the era’s infectious optimism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Amodei's alert came just as Altman said he would not pursue an initial public stock offering this year, saying it would be "ill advised" given the swirling safety concerns.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Footage captured on Sunday in Greenwich Park, south-east London, showed a small whirlwind, or dust devil, swirling around people.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A huge dark shape standing up on two legs appeared ahead of them in the swirling snow, and Owen and George pulled up short.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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