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Recent Examples of eddy
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
The dirt of the desert is circling around in little eddies as the wind blends it together with the starlight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 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
Randolph and Zeta-Jones fare a bit better, while Ortega is mostly stuck in the eddy of repetitive behavior written for her thin character.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
The dirt of the desert is circling around in little eddies as the wind blends it together with the starlight.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 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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Look, McIlroy might go out and shoot 63 on Sunday, turning the 2026 summer into a swirl of Grand Slam talk.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Unique ice cream flavors include Baklava (honey ice cream with phyllo dough, almond paste and crushed almonds) for Algeria and Sachertote (chocolate ice cream with chocolate sponge cake and an apricot swirl) for Austria.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
May 15,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The macroeconomic consequences ripple outward.—
Nina Seega,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Kanan solidifies his place in the Queens drug game alongside Breeze, the Southside legend, and their alliance sets the stage for a reckoning that will ripple through every player in this dangerous business.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Noun
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And Dahlin had a five-point game, including a highlight-reel goal.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The app analyzed Instagram reels of 129 major North American lakes to find the top 10 most Instagrammable lakes to go fishing.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2026
Verb
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In both competitive partisan races and in Democrat-on-Democrat contests, analysts say frustration about the economy is bubbling up from voters.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Reduce heat to 350° and continue to bake until filling is actively bubbling through the center and biscuits are deep golden brown, 50–65 minutes more.—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Sturm checked multiple boxes during his first spin.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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And while much of that funding is for companies focused on other parts of the real estate industry, the buying and selling of homes is still fertile ground for plenty of startups, each offering its own tech spin on how to improve the process.—
Jason Abbruzzese,
NBC news,
15 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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That's just a recipe for a really dangerous spiral.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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But the plan gets thwarted when said camboy is murdered in the process, setting Paula off into a spiral to uncover what happened and clear her name.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Verb
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But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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