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whirlwind

[hwurl-wind, wurl-] / ˈʰwɜrlˌwɪnd, ˈwɜrl- /


NOUN
mass of rapidly rotating air
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He may be spending this week hobnobbing with label executives and artists during a whirlwind of pre-Grammys parties, but behind the scenes the mood is tense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taiwan has spent a whirlwind 15 months trying to win over the most unpredictable American leader in living memory as he tosses aside decades of precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal

I returned from a whirlwind work trip to New York, London and the English coast to the earliest 100-degree day on record in Phoenix.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today me and Lloyd were a pair of whirlwinds – two tornados back and forth to the barn a dozen times before breakfast.

From Literature

For the woman whose story inspired others to come forward with their experiences, it has been a whirlwind start to 2026.

From BBC