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are whipping

  • present progressive
    of whip.
    whip
    verb (used with object)
    to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash.

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“They’ve got four cameras in front of them that are whipping around and they’re having to do their lines and perform,” said Kosinski.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

For now Sweden is doing its best to explain that it is individuals, not the state, who are whipping up this crisis.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

“We are whipping against the bill and we will see how that whip comes back,” said Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia, the chief deputy whip for House Republicans.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

And we hear the speeches of the ones fighting back, radicals and reformers who are whipping their dispossessed brethren into a righteous fury of resistance.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2019

Between the photo and the book, Scoob’s thoughts are whipping around faster than a load of clothes in their front-loading washer during the spin cycle, something he typically loves watching but is queasy about now.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone