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Recent Examples of eddy
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 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.
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Jason Parham,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2020
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Noun
For anglers, this means shifting your focus to the soft-water seams, eddies, and other areas right up against the bank.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
The crowd eddied, some with batons dancing concentrically around the wheel of fire, others collecting around two young men in white.
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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.
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Jason Parham,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
Noun
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After all, Boy George is the performer who arrived in the early '80s in a swirl of makeup, ribbons and gender-blurring style that a lot of the culture found genuinely alarming when visible, joyful androgyny read as provocation to the status quo.
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The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
Verb
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Its influence is forecast to ripple around the planet, shifting weather patterns for months to come.
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The central installation, From the Depths of the Sea (2026), features a large photographic image of the ocean suspended on fishing lines, creating a surface that appears to ripple and shift with the viewer’s movement.
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The Gap Between The Video And The Prototype Here is what the launch reel does not say.
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As a teen growing up in the digital age, my son loved taking goofy pictures and creating reels for social media.
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The bubbling reaction is the result of a chemical reaction that occurs when hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with enzymes in the mold.
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So, which one bubbles to the top of the list?
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Since 2023, the two universities have seen 24 and 16 spin-outs respectively, ahead of rivals including Oxford, Cambridge and Munich’s Technical University.
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Following the spin, the remaining company, which will be called Honeywell Technologies, will undergo a 1-for-2 reverse stock split.
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This friendly stream, purling and chattering its way through shady woods and fertile farmlands flanked by green, rolling hills, seemed a far cry from the mighty Potomac that sweeps majestically past Washington. D.C.
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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.
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If that were to happen, that would be what a death spiral might look like.
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An ascending spiral of social change was rendering structures inherited from the industrial revolution obsolete.
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Bobadilla’s trickled over the line agonisingly for Paraguay, and Burgess surely should have sorted his feet out quicker and anticipated that the ball would be fired towards his feet.
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As the match ended in a 1-1 draw, fans trickled out with smiles on their faces, eager to find their next World Cup-viewing destination.
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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