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Recent Examples of churns
Fashion month and awards season may have drawn to a close, but the global cultural calendar churns on.
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Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
As the song churns on, the focus narrows in on West until everything else falls away.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Harris is one of tens of thousands of Americans killed or injured each year by gun violence, a public health crisis that escalated in the pandemic and churns a new victim into a hospital emergency room every half hour.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The uptrend remains in place, for sure, even as the index churns under 6900.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
The region will feel the effects of a Catalina eddy, a system that churns in a counter-clockwise direction, funneling moisture ashore, creating a thick marine layer that can extend all the way to the mountains.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
As the song churns on, the focus narrows in on West until everything else falls away.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Harris is one of tens of thousands of Americans killed or injured each year by gun violence, a public health crisis that escalated in the pandemic and churns a new victim into a hospital emergency room every half hour.
—Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The uptrend remains in place, for sure, even as the index churns under 6900.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
The region will feel the effects of a Catalina eddy, a system that churns in a counter-clockwise direction, funneling moisture ashore, creating a thick marine layer that can extend all the way to the mountains.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churns
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To load the product onto the brush, Barnes swirls the tool into the pan twice and taps it twice to prevent fallout.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2025
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The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The intuitive Moon stirs your 7th House of Companionship, squaring fortuitous Jupiter in your 4th House of Care, so promises and comfort could pull in opposite directions.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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In a cave that sheltered freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad, their uncle shares a story of a creature that stirs at night.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Northern Wisconsin roads break up in spring, when frost literally boils out of the ground.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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The southern gothic The Heart, She Holler takes the convoluted elements of a soap opera — torrid affairs, small-town corruption, arbitrary plot twists — and boils them down alongside a heavy dose of gross-out surrealism to fit into 11-minute installments.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nelson’s 1975 album spins a yarn about a fugitive on the run after killing his wife and her lover.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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The value proposition increases for casino players in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (50 bonus spins in each state) who receive secondary perks on top of the sportsbook bonus.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump seethes with hatred and erupts in volcanic fury to denounce, demonize, disparage and threaten anyone who refuses to support his increasingly irrational and harmful proposals and actions.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The heady Moon whirls into your 6th House of Effort, highlighting habits that support productivity.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The recent wave of quantum listings comes at a tumultuous time for global markets, as conflict in the Middle East roils investor confidence, especially in risky, speculative assets like quantum companies.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Emerging-market stocks and equities capped their longest streak of weekly losses in almost a year as the war in the Middle East roils markets, sending oil surging and fueling growing bets the US may raise interest rates this year.—
Kelsey Butler,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Churns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churns. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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