whisk
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Thirty-one days can whisk by in a flash.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
At the train station in Van, couples and families with children arrived in taxis and unloaded their suitcases before boarding the 9 p.m. train that would whisk them overnight to Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
I prefer to whisk in larger toppings, including vegetables and sliced or chopped meats, along with spices to allow for consistency in flavor and texture.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Heels click on cracked paving stones as fantastically long-limbed men and women practice moves they hope will whisk them away from South Sudan, one of the fashion world's favourite scouting locations.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Everything!” she bellows, pointing her whisk at him.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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In my preview of “Out of the Ashes,” one segment whisks me to the coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
Addison Rae is a student of pop, and Headphones On is her master thesis – a hymn to music that whisks you away from the world for three minutes of distracted, hypnotic solace.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
In one of the more elaborate sequences mimicking the original we follow the Phantom as he whisks Christine down into the sewers and they board a boat amid swirling fog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
When Rickey shows up unexpectedly in the couple’s backyard, it’s not long before he whisks Glenn away on a trip at Rosie’s behest.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
The other whisks the tarp off the boat’s stern.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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For instance, Eatrenalin at Germany’s Europa-Park, a dining room-meets-ride where participants are whisked around the space on trackless “floating chairs,” has just received a coveted Michelin star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Later, when Bond is whisked to Vietnam, the orchestra swells with suave panache, immersing you in the action before 007 has even uttered a quip.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
I follow Melissa Clark’s chocolate olive oil cake recipe, which has always produced a moist cake that’s slightly floral in flavor, courtesy of warm Earl Grey tea that’s whisked into the batter.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Three evacuees were whisked away from the ship on Wednesday when it anchored off Cape Verde and a fourth landed on Thursday in Amsterdam, said the vessel's operator, Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Pinmei whisked her head to look, openmouthed, at Yishan.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Add in milk and the dry ingredients, whisking them together in batches.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Since then, a more tightly controlled entry through an augmented passageway at the terrace level has become a routine part of whisking the president inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
It was there that they finally caught him, shooting him with a tranquilliser gun before whisking him back to the zoo.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
County confronting people on the streets — seemingly at random in some cases — and quickly whisking them away, offering no explanation to shocked loved ones and onlookers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Beyond them, a frozen expanse of gray, dirty ice, the snow whisking across it in wispy curls and then disappearing.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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