Word: spun
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...storm told harrowing tales of cringing in the dark and hearing winds that screamed like jet engines. They emerged to a nightmare of destruction - yachts hurled into trees, houses and bridges swept from their pilings, and motels and condominiums smashed to smithereens. In the Florida Panhandle tornadoes, spun off from Ivan's leading edge, uprooted pine trees and ripped the roofs off buildings. And across the southern U.S., in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, Ivan's heavy rains turned creeks into rivers and rivers into inland seas. At least 40 people are thought to have died during Ivan's terrifying...
...Toys 'R' Us gets sold and Babies 'R' Us is spun off, what's left of the company...
...sometimes, the luckiest. At an intersection of Bangkok's busy Pattanakarn Road in June, the driver of a gray Hilux pickup lost patience waiting for an interminable red light and attempted a quick U-turn into oncoming traffic. He was rammed by a Toyota sedan; the impact spun one vehicle into six motorcycles whose riders were waiting at the light, while the other was propelled into two other motorcyclists turning into Pattanakarn Road. Although nine people were injured, no one died. Others have not been so fortunate. "This road is the worst," says Sommai Nutang, a 46-year-old truck...
...soul who was close to his father and had won a top spot in a Voice of America essay contest, the son who helped the father up the mountain. But somewhere near Warsaw, N.C., that day, a gust of wind caught Wade's black Grand Cherokee and spun it out of control. After several swerves, the car flipped over and skidded across the pavement. Wade and his friend Tyler Highsmith were wearing seat belts and had not been drinking. Tyler was able to free himself from the wreckage and walk away. But the roof collapsed on Wade, killing him instantly...
...whereas JFK merely spun conspiracy theories about a dead President, Fahrenheit 9/11 goes after a sitting one with the explicit goals of unmasking his supposed crimes and removing him from office. Back when political bosses picked candidates and the rules of the game were arbitrated by newspaper editors and three network anchormen, for a mere movie even to attempt such a thing would have seemed folly. Today people get their news and, just as important, their attitudes from more rambunctious sources--the polarized polemicists on talk radio and cable news channels, comedians and webmasters. That's poli-tainment...