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Recent Examples of eddy
Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
Tiny eddies form around them, encouraging pollination.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
As a result, other stray digital ephemera are sucked into this eddying body—fashion photos of NBA baller Chris Paul, a random clip of someone’s dad—all of them in conversation with one another.
—Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
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Noun
To come up with its data, Turbli analyzed eddy dissipation rates, which categorizes turbulence scores into light, moderate, moderate/severe, severe, and extreme.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
Tiny eddies form around them, encouraging pollination.
—David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
The crowd eddied, some with batons dancing concentrically around the wheel of fire, others collecting around two young men in white.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
As a result, other stray digital ephemera are sucked into this eddying body—fashion photos of NBA baller Chris Paul, a random clip of someone’s dad—all of them in conversation with one another.
—Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
Noun
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Megan made an appearance during the Thursday, May 28, show wearing a cutout one-piece swimsuit with a halter neckline and a brown-and-white swirl pattern.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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This cheesecake starts with a crunchy graham cracker crust and is finished with a swirl of raspberry jam.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Verb
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In South Korea, the naphtha shortage has already begun rippling through the petrochemical supply chain.—
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CNBC,
26 May 2026
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Given Indonesia’s role as a major commodities exporter, the new rules likely will ripple across international supply chains.—
Edna Tarigan,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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This was Claude Lemieux, who had a highlight reel that featured some of the nastiest plays in the history of any sport ever played.—
Mac Engel
May 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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Blackwood made two highlight-reel saves during a Vegas power play and stopped multiple mini-breakaways in the middle period as well.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Nude Miami ownership did not address the bubbling price issues, but did speak of their place in Miami’s retail grocery scene.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Accredited market attendees look set to get a first look at stories bubbling in the brains of some of the most exciting creators in contemporary genre filmmaking.—
Jennie Punter,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Noun
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The business also has made Space Shuttle drag parachutes for the orbiter, and parachutes that deploy from the tails of F-22 and F-35 military jets to break them from unrecoverable stalls or spins.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The two halves of the hook move independently, enabling the device to knit or purl depending on which part picks up the first loop.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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There was no ocean, no sea in this part of Україна, only a purling river.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2025
Noun
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It's been a downward, but happy spiral since.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Another huge spiral is UGC 2885, or Rubin’s galaxy.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
Verb
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President Ronald Reagan insisted that his tax cuts, which mostly benefited the rich, would generate enough extra growth to both offset their costs and trickle down to the middle class.—
Jared Bernstein,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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With two runners on the base, Ramirez tried to throw out a runner stealing second, but the ball slipped away from Bragg and trickled into the outfield grass.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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