whirlwind
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Footage captured on Sunday in Greenwich Park, south-east London, showed a small whirlwind, or dust devil, swirling around people.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“It’s been a whirlwind the last couple days,” Bubic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The LP is also a whirlwind of competing genres in which John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr flex their muscles and prove that they’re at home in virtually any genre.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the course of a whirlwind four weeks, every wing of the parliamentary Labour Party has anointed him as the only person able to reverse their electoral predicament.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The whoosh of the flames was like a flock of birds, trapped and beating in a whirlwind near the ceiling.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Videos shared on social media showed massive whirlwinds sweeping through Union City, and large chunks of debris and dust flying across a car park in the city of Three Rivers.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Mars is constantly swept by winds that lift fine dust into spinning whirlwinds known as dust devils.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
The couple share joint custody of their children, though the split sent whirlwinds of tabloid drama their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
All around him the wind swirled and eddied, spinning snow into whirlwinds of wintery blankness.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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