moil

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Last week, he dashed into a moil of rioting Juliette Barnes fans to save Maddie when a shelf fell on her head.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2013

They say good-bye in another convenient tur moil of Zeppelins and searchlights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Across a bridge and a pond is Erickson's most controversial creation: the courthouse, an airy, elegant edifice that opens the murky moil of the law to the light and the public gaze.

From Time Magazine Archive

Facing the awesome grandeur and cruel humors of the weather, ancient man was forced to attribute the mysterious cosmic moil to deities.

From Time Magazine Archive

To-day we moil and mope—to-morrow's dawn Shall bring us pinions to outsoar the stars.'

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar