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[hwisk, wisk] / ʰwɪsk, wɪsk /


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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

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

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

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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