whips
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The opossum squeals, whips around, and opens its mouth to hiss and show me all of its many pointy teeth again.
From Literature
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The rhythm of it could be a metronome for this movie’s plot — it whips us around to the point of delighted collapse.
From Los Angeles Times
Gibson, 33, quit her job as a teacher’s aide in September and started a one-woman restaurant out of a converted Airstream, where she whips up soups, milkshakes and baked potatoes loaded with bacon.
The BBC has contacted ex-mayor Mr Anderson, party whips and the Labour Party to ask if they believed they had failed to hold Woodhouse to account, but has received no reply.
From BBC
But the new angle here is that it’s actually leadership — heads of the party, plus party whips and caucus chairs — who are the stock pickers to watch.
From MarketWatch
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