swirl
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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
Just before serving, top each one with a generous swirl of citrus-whipped ricotta from a piping bag.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 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
I take a sip and swirl the glass and listen to the ice cubes clinking together.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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He takes time to let us hear what a glacier sounds like while showing the swirls of blue ice, but also what it looks like when glaciers collapse and vanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fund managers are taking a patient approach as speculation swirls that Japan could intervene again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
But start folding in coconut shreds, caramel swirls, candy pieces, cookie dough, marshmallows?
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
Dry little pellets of snow, like tiny spheres of polystyrene, chased around in swirls.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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As speculation about McConnell has swirled, Beshear has been inundated with questions regarding the senator’s absence.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Unsubstantiated rumours have swirled on social media claiming that students in Stanford's coveted computer science programme have had trouble finding jobs.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
But ever since Brown went public with his frustrations about a diminished role in the team’s offense last year, trade rumors have swirled around the 28-year-old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
On Wednesday, health minister Wes Streeting met Starmer at Downing Street, as speculation swirled over whether he could launch a leadership bid.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
The world swirled green and gray as tears popped in her eyes.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Ken Billington’s lighting and Constance Hoffman’s costumes, which featured swirling flared skirts in different candy-colored plaids for the female chorus, added to the effect, as did Ms. Zambello’s direction, which emphasized thrust rather than sweetness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
Experts at Chilbolton Observatory, operated by the UK's national space laboratory RAL Space, monitor UK-licenced satellites and fast-multiplying fragments of space debris swirling around them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to the plasma's intense swirling motion and powerful electromagnetic fields.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Just as it reached the walls, the fog pulled in on itself, swirling into the center of the room like a tornado.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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