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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Just before the holidays, rumors swirled about a possible surprise iPhone update, iOS 18.2.1, to fix issues generated in the recent mammoth release of iOS 18.2, which brought Apple Intelligence to millions of users around the world in early December.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Arizona sunsets are breathtaking — an ever-changing swirl of purple, orange and sometimes fiery red.
—Becky Bartkowski, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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What To Know Rumors of tensions between Lively and Baldoni on the set of It Ends With Us swirled during the film's press tour in August.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Just before the holidays, rumors swirled about a possible surprise iPhone update, iOS 18.2.1, to fix issues generated in the recent mammoth release of iOS 18.2, which brought Apple Intelligence to millions of users around the world in early December.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
With a snowy London, Christmas lights and holiday music as a backdrop, the show has swirls of comedy woven throughout the high-voltage action.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Arizona sunsets are breathtaking — an ever-changing swirl of purple, orange and sometimes fiery red.
—Becky Bartkowski, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swirl
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Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes.Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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But many more residents across the 9.6-million-population county were mistakenly sent an evacuation warning Thursday evening, potentially inciting unnecessary panic and stirring further criticism of state and local officials.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The assassination of Nasrallah, who had led Hezbollah for 32 years, turned months of low-level strikes between Israel and the militants into all-out war that battered much of southern and eastern Lebanon for two months until a U.S.-brokered cease-fire took effect Nov. 27.Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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On top of that, UCF struggles to rebound the ball and turns it over a lot.Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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Bill Self got back to his old-school ways, making sure to pound it in the paint with post pins, rolls and drives.CJ Moore, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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The bites without apple almost feel like a cinnamon roll, with a fluffy, baked texture even softer than a yeasted doughnut.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Now research is finding that specifically working nights and rotating shift schedules can leave people susceptible to depression and poor health.Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Turkish Airlines’ inflight menu features a rotating selection of dishes carefully crafted to reflect the season's best ingredients.Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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All those rotations have made the single a radio smash for the first time, and its ascent helps the singer match one of the most successful musical acts of all time in the country.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Of the four pitchers confirmed in the Mets rotation (Montas, Holmes, Sean Manaea and Kodai Senga), three of them are right-handed pitchers.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Because Mercury spins on an axis with a miniscule tilt of just 0.01 degrees—almost perpendicular to its plane of orbit around the sun—the rims of all four of these polar craters cast permanent shadows within their depths.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
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DeRozan drove to the middle of the lane and spun to the same left side of the key.Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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Put simply, this is a giant eddy caused by a rotating column of water that forms above undersea mountains.David Szondy, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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That is, some turbulent flows exhibit energy cascades, whereby large eddies transfer some of their energy to smaller eddies.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
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The authors ultimately identified two distinct forms of equilibrium that enable steady-state hula hooping: a synchronization process causing the hoop to twirl at the same frequency as the gyration motion, directing its center outward, and the hoop's vertical positioning.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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Today’s political heavy hitters are just as likely to twirl tagliatelle at Officina or spoon paella at Spanish showstopper Del Mar in the trendy Wharf district.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Swirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swirl. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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