whip
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You can even take it a step further and whip your goat cheese with cream cheese, salt and fresh herbs for a tangier and more aromatic filling.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dick Cheney, once House minority whip, held weekly policy luncheons with Senate Republicans in the Capitol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
He hit three successive sixes off Arshdeep - a pull, a handsome on-drive and a whip that was almost caught at fine leg.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
All you need to do is whip up a simple sauce, maybe throw on some cheese, or roast a few veggies, and voilà!
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
I whip my head around to see my brother standing in the middle of my bedroom, a nervous grin on his face.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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
He peppered the off-side boundary from the seamers and punished the wayward spin of Mitchell Santner with sweeps and whips through the leg side.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
And when the wind whips, the air reeks of a potent campfire — but no campers are around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Scores of bare-chested flagellants with covered faces walked barefoot through the dusty streets of Pampanga province's San Fernando as they flogged their backs with bamboo whips in scorching heat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
She whips the pole back over her shoulder, and Ronan dives into the bushes.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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The White House and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth celebrated the incident on social media after beachgoers were scrambled and sand, umbrellas and chairs were whipped through the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But as afternoon winds whipped up, the 49-foot recreational cruise boat took on water as they made their way back to shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Streets were largely deserted in Taiwan's port city of Keelung, which is expected to be one of the hardest hit areas on the island, as Bavi whipped up strong winds and dumped heavy rain.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Think whipped ricotta and blue cheese on crisp oil-toasted sourdough, topped with muddled olives, garlic, lemon and orange zest, fresh basil, olive brine, and a little red pepper flake.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The wind had whipped it to a fury, and it wasn’t ready to calm down just because the storm had passed.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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If you will hang me for it, you may; but I had rather it would please you I might be whipt.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
He mounted her on a bonny bay horse, Himsel’ on the silver grey; He drew his bonnet out o’er his een, He whipt and rade away.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
But, looking up, my master's visage was as the face of a little boy whipt soundly, or sipping foulest medicine.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
He could hold a chariot behind, while the coachman whipt his horses in vain to make them go forward.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
Hugh was of course the favourite of the master, who whipt him with difficulty, and kept him from the rough sports of his fellow scholars, the future soldiers, and “reared him for Christ.”
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)
Lawmakers refused to give up their whipping boy and ignored the committee’s recommendations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Milk and whipping cream have been spotted, along with French fries and onion rings.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
In a short while, Jones had gained enough confidence in whipping his mannequin’s hair into a ponytail that he vowed to try with his daughter soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
However, once it had been dispersed by the strong gusts whipping in off the Atlantic Ocean, the true nature of the challenge ahead was laid bare.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
I’m not a runner, but I pump my legs as fast as possible, hair whipping across my face in the windy afternoon.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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