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Recent Examples of swirl
Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Nothing Bundt Cakes also recently reintroduced its Strawberry Cheesecake Swirl flavor — featuring classic white cake swirled and filled with creamy cheesecake filling, then swirled and drizzled with real strawberry glaze and topped with graham streusel.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
There is a deep purple swirl at the center, whereas the actual images show only blues, whites, yellows, and browns, with a bit of green where the blue and yellow mix together.
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The district’s agreement with CTU had been subject to some debate, with concerns swirling around curriculum and staffing.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Nothing Bundt Cakes also recently reintroduced its Strawberry Cheesecake Swirl flavor — featuring classic white cake swirled and filled with creamy cheesecake filling, then swirled and drizzled with real strawberry glaze and topped with graham streusel.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
The first months of the year have passed in a swirl of revelations about abusive men, reminiscent of the first explosive days of the #MeToo movement.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
There is a deep purple swirl at the center, whereas the actual images show only blues, whites, yellows, and browns, with a bit of green where the blue and yellow mix together.
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
Verb
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From great shows and stirring concerts to delicious tea and awesome French dip sandwiches, this weekend is looking fun and tasty indeed.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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To prepare, combine leftover rice with cooked ground meat or beans, then stir in tomato sauce, fresh herbs, and shredded cheese.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Chicago had to remake its safety depth chart this offseason, and Coby Bryant and Thieneman have turned a potential weakness into a strength.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The scene at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington turned chaotic, Los Angeles Times reporters wrote, when a man dashed toward the dining area and was met with gunfire.—
Karim Doumar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Among the items seized during the search were all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls from the 2020 election.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Weekend menus include shrimp and grits, strawberry tiramisu waffes and a giant s’more cinnamon roll.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For Love in the Time of Cholera, 1989, for instance, Pau uses early Picture-in-Picture (PiP) technology to frame clips from Zuni’s 1988 October/Decameron stage performance, which then float, rotate, and cascade across the screen.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The collection includes thousands of pieces on rotating exhibit.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Steele is now unlikely to rejoin the Cubs’ rotation until after the July All-Star break, Counsell estimated.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The right-hander, who has been the steadiest pitcher in the rotation, blanked the Washington Nationals over six innings in an 8-0 win.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Similar to how spiders spin webs on Earth, such robots could effectively 3D-print structures in space.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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My biggest complaint is that while the main narrative does wrap up tidily, the story also spins forward in a way that demands a sequel (which Spufford is already working on).—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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To come up with its data, Turbli analyzed eddy dissipation rates, which categorizes turbulence scores into light, moderate, moderate/severe, severe, and extreme.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Aaron Gordon sat at his locker twirling the tape from his finger, unable to wrap his head around a stunning 119-114 defeat.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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