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Recent Examples of eddy
Noun
Forecasters said the marine layer will thicken on Monday as a Catalina eddy churns counter-clockwise along the San Diego County coastline.—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025 Readers who crave hard-shell explanations of time travel or who need to know exactly what mechanism causes the continuum to loop and create an eddy will have to look elsewhere.—Meg Elison, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
Verb
Soccer has a habit of undervaluing these sorts of cultural shifts, and as a result misunderstanding the currents that eddy and swirl around it, invisibly and inexorably shaping its reality.—Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 June 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 See All Example Sentences for eddy
Romania’s two dominant parties have, amid an endless swirl of corruption scandals, rotated in and out of power since the 1989 overthrow of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
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Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Goreski looked back on the swirl while standing at the podium Thursday night accepting a style curator of the year award during the Daily Front Row’s Fashion Los Angeles awards ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The book, an oral history told by the artists who were there, also ripples with the vibes of SoCal, thanks especially to lifers like the Agnew Brothers (the Adolescents), Dexter Holland and Noodles (the Offspring), and Mike Ness, the founder and frontman of the enduring Social Distortion.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government debt is rippling through Wall Street on Monday, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said there is a crucial difference between now and the past two times a credit-rating agency cut its outlook on Uncle Sam’s bonds.
The 6-pound test monofilament line started peeling off the reel as the light drag screamed.
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Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
22 May 2025
Rush offense will show up on the highlight reels throughout the regular season, but forechecking offense can make the biggest difference in May and June.
This inflatable hot tub is designed to fit up to four people and features 120 bubbling warm jets, which can reach a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Toni Sutton,
People.com,
18 May 2025
This cauldron of mixed ingredients quickly bubbles over, and doesn’t stop overflowing until the film’s final moments.
Bluey is being given a German spin with a dose of star power.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
Urban sky-gazers take a contemporary spin on this Neolithic astronomy concept by pinpointing days when the sun seems to rise or set between a canyon of skyscrapers.
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Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside Online,
27 May 2025
The Royals said kids can begin lining up in the eighth inning on the first-base spiral near Gate D on the Plaza Level.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
Bond yields are reaching 20-year highs amid the realization in financial markets that many of the budget cuts in the House bill are gimmicks and the deficit spiral will mostly continue.
Summer jobs: Chicago Blackhawks’ offseason plans, from Connor Bedard’s speed to Kevin Korchinski’s blade curve
Chicago Blackhawks players’ offseason plans include film work, yoga, house hunting and the World Championship.
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Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
His projections were rudimentary by today’s standards, but at the time were ahead of the curve.
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