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Recent Examples of churn
Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil.
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Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
For months, the rumor mill has churned as first one prominent name and then another surfaced as a possible entrant to the race.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
On TV, the challenges are kinetic and exciting, flashy spectacles where people hurl their bodies off massive obstacle courses into the churning ocean below.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Then a nation’s anguish began to churn.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
For months, the rumor mill has churned as first one prominent name and then another surfaced as a possible entrant to the race.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
On TV, the challenges are kinetic and exciting, flashy spectacles where people hurl their bodies off massive obstacle courses into the churning ocean below.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Then a nation’s anguish began to churn.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churn
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Dubai moved to end the negative publicity swirling around one of its most prominent companies by appointing a new leadership team to ports group DP World.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Gas and dust swirling around a black hole block visible light, but infrared light can punch right through.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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But recent incidents involving the driverless cars have stirred controversy.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Your 6th House of Labor hosts mental Mercury, which squares rebellious Uranus in your 9th House of Journeys, stirring tension between tradition and modernization.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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For now, the anger appeared to have simmered but is expected to boil.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Aim for just before boiling (195 to 205°F) for French press coffee.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then spin it around local San Francisco ingredients.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Insights into Alzheimer’s Interestingly, the molecular tricks spiders use to spin their webs are similar to the sophisticated signaling processes found in human neurotransmitter and hormone receptors.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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All three fixtures are away, which provides an element of respite and protection for Hurzeler from the seething discontent on home soil.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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But this seething primordial soup—the stuff of future galaxies, stars, planets and people—only lasted a few microseconds.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Churn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churn. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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