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The restaurant’s specialty is the xiao long bao, whose delicate, whorled wrappers hold rich morsels of meat and an explosive splash of hot, savory broth.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
However, the society says folks who live in the Southern Plains, part of Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, should plant butterfly milkweed, spider milkweed and whorled milkweed, which all bloom from spring to fall.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The morning fog had just begun to clear as the hikers made their way uphill, beckoned by a series of white blazes splashed on the trunks of hardwood and tall pine, the paint cracked where the bark rippled and whorled.
—Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
Many of Chopp’s gorgeous kitchen and everyday-carry knives have shapes inspired by Japanese styles, with handles of whorled exotic woods like gidgee, koa, or snakewood.
—Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
The small whorled pogonia was found by botanists in Vermont last month, according to a Wednesday Facebook post from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
—Fox News, 21 July 2022
The williwaw, a gale-force wind that came rolling down the mountain gathering speed, was depicted as a whorled cloud.
—Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022
Popp, Marcus, Doubleday and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the presence of small whorled pogonia, which were in bloom at the time.
—CBS News, 9 June 2022
Monū creates elaborate cloud shapes and regal masks that extend past the face and the top of the head, each densely thatched with synthetic blooms, some in neon brights and powder pinks, others evoking the small red heilala or white whorled tiare.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
However, the society says folks who live in the Southern Plains, part of Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, should plant butterfly milkweed, spider milkweed and whorled milkweed, which all bloom from spring to fall.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The morning fog had just begun to clear as the hikers made their way uphill, beckoned by a series of white blazes splashed on the trunks of hardwood and tall pine, the paint cracked where the bark rippled and whorled.
—Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
Many of Chopp’s gorgeous kitchen and everyday-carry knives have shapes inspired by Japanese styles, with handles of whorled exotic woods like gidgee, koa, or snakewood.
—Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
The small whorled pogonia was found by botanists in Vermont last month, according to a Wednesday Facebook post from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
—Fox News, 21 July 2022
The williwaw, a gale-force wind that came rolling down the mountain gathering speed, was depicted as a whorled cloud.
—Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022
Popp, Marcus, Doubleday and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the presence of small whorled pogonia, which were in bloom at the time.
—CBS News, 9 June 2022
Monū creates elaborate cloud shapes and regal masks that extend past the face and the top of the head, each densely thatched with synthetic blooms, some in neon brights and powder pinks, others evoking the small red heilala or white whorled tiare.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
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“Whorled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whorled. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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whorled
adjective
ˈhwȯr(-ə)ld 
ˈwȯr(-ə)ld
ˈwȯr(-ə)ld
ˈhwər(-ə)ld,
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: having or arranged in whorls
whorled leaves
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