whirlabout

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whirlabout

(ˈwɜːləˌbaʊt)

1. anything that whirls around; whirligig

2. the act or an instance of whirling around

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Local politics has traditionally been, at bottom, padrino politics: an electoral whirlabout of patronage-based factions who take turns lording it over everyone else.

Duterte is singular, democracy plural

Their tight whirlabout must make HM Cancri one of the strongest sources of gravitational waves in the galaxy.

Fastest known binary star

By 8:45 the butterfly counters had listed Fiery and Checkered Skippers, Whirlabout, Palamedes, Pipevine and Tiger Swallowtails, Viceroy, and Pearly Eye.