Example Sentences
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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
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