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swirling

  • present participle of swirl.
  • a word derived from swirl.

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Rumors are swirling that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce might get married at Madison Square Garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

It featured a swirling plume of smoke, accompanying the story “The West’s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works,” and the irony wasn’t lost on him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Andreeva overcame a tense start, where nerves and a swirling wind led to the final starting with four successive breaks of serve.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Powerful currents twist and churn, creating swirling eddies that split into smaller and smaller vortices until their energy eventually fades away.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

More and more people, screaming and yelling, hundreds of voices swirling together like a howling wind.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis