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rushing

/ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/ noun B1
  1. A rapid surging motion.

Plural rushings

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“What is it?” asked Villefort, rushing from his room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1007 · C1
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2
There was a rushing of many wings, a great chattering and laughing, and the sun came out of the dark sky to show the Wicked Witch surrounded by a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense and powerful wings on his shoulders.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 83 · B2
One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia, thinking they were alone, pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild, mocking, ‘Ha, ha, ha.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 206 · C1

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