whip
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he didn’t get a heads-up from the members, telling reporters, “You’ll have to talk to Katherine”—as in Rep. Katherine Clark, the whip.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Lake Erie is a shallow lake, which makes it famously unpredictable—storms can whip up 20-foot waves, and shoreline erosion is a very real factor,” Ayers says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Brisk of step and sharp of mind despite his years and the hot winds that whip the castle, he stood at the foundations of a temple dedicated to Haldi, the warrior god of gods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I've asked the chief whip to speak to Karl and, sort of, agree a process that can be taken forward," he told reporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
I just have time to hear her sigh before I whip through the door.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Elena, who whips up a weekly performance report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In our study, leadership included the speaker, party leaders, whips, caucus or conference chairs, and committee chairs or ranking members.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Like many a cat lover, Baseman whips out a phone to share videos of his beloved feline muses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
If all proceeds smoothly, as Orion whips around the Moon the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
He hardly noticed the mmuo: masculine figures covered in grass, their faces snarling wooden masks, their long whips dangling from their hands.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Nygren played it back to Duran, who whipped it into the top corner.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Available starting at 8 p.m., the menu begins with a pillowy confection that straddles the line between sweet and savory: a Japanese milk-bread sandwich layered with duck liver, raspberry, blackberry and whipped cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Volunteer Laurie Bolewitz whipped out a journal and read to us original spooky stories she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He whipped out his phone walking along the lake beach from his parked car to a restaurant in the resort town of Lacanau.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
I whipped around, fearing the worst was about to unfold as I faced the secessionist acquaintances I’d made during our stay here.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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"Willingly," said the Farmer; whipt out his knife, and in a jiffy slish! slish! slish! off came the Jackals' tails.
From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by William Crooke
Yes, Sir, I have seen fools, and fighters, chain'd together, And the Fighters had the upper hand, and whipt first, The poor Sots laughing at 'em.
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Francis Beaumont
Sucking a whipt sillybub, thru a rhy straw, iz a good deal like trieing tew liv on buty.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
I don't feel a bit like settin down and cryin like a sick baby over spilt milk, because we've been whipt in the late elecshins.
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith
So said, Snatching the hood, he whipt it from his head And lookt and knew the Ithacan.
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett
A few walked alone, their faces frozen in shock, as helicopters landed every few minutes on a football field inside the town's military cantonment, whipping up clouds of dust.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Summer can be especially windy, whipping up the waters around the Cyclades just as tourists flock to the popular islands of Mykonos, Naxos and Milos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Those trucks were really whipping around. We dressed a couple of stunt Kennedys who were placed around them to make sure they were safe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Isa shouted, turning to face Jessie, the wind whipping through her hair.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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