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swirl

[swurl] / swɜrl /


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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

As rumors swirl about her imminent New York City nuptials, megastar Taylor Swift - a master at controlling her public image - has kept any details under wraps.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

She uses tweezers to nestle the roasted halves on a swirl of verdant puree, then tops it off with crispy fried leaves.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Intrigue begets further intrigue, and the reader struggles to keep up with a swirl of subplots involving Sweety’s assistant, a missing computer, blackmail, gangsters and corrupt politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The stream, a gurgling swirl of currents, rushes, races, endlessly.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

The debate swirls around something called the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, an old edict which gave leagues an antitrust exemption to pool their media rights.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

But start folding in coconut shreds, caramel swirls, candy pieces, cookie dough, marshmallows?

From Salon Mar. 5, 2026

Even the background, with its white arcs and swirls, gave the impression that she created them with her routine.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

In the clouds and the swirls and the shimmers and the lights and the ache and the buzz and the shaking and the coughing, I’m thinking.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

Villarreal: The series really grapples with the media invasion that swirled around them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Controversy has already swirled around the football governing body's official ticketing for the largest-ever World Cup, which begins June 11 with an expanded 48-team format and 104 matches across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Inside that glass swirled a white liquid that gave off an eerie glow, the source of the light.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

Small disturbances at that boundary can then grow into waves or swirling vortices.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 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

Now, questions are swirling about whether authorities will be able to raise the boat, if any bodies are inside, and if the wreckage can reveal what happened.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The rectangular stone was the size of a domino, set in a thick gold band with delicate swirling patterns engraved on each side.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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