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Recent Examples of eddy
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
In a more complicated setup, gentle currents might merge into whirlpools and eddies.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 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
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
In a more complicated setup, gentle currents might merge into whirlpools and eddies.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 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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The Romantic Tour is a lavish spectacle that is buffed to perfection, with every light swirl and confetti drop precisely calibrated.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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These red velvet cupcakes taste like they’re made from scratch, with a tender buttermilk cocoa crumb and a thick swirl of cream cheese frosting.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The chilling effect has rippled across the Ivy League, with postdocs and international researchers at multiple institutions reporting heightened anxiety about speaking publicly on their work.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The factory slated to provide batteries to Hyundai’s electric vehicle plant near Savannah will open later this month following a prolonged delay caused by an immigration raid last year that rippled across Georgia and the globe.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And Cruise recently was filmed atop Paramount’s water tower for some sort of CinemaCon reel.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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This one was fast, physical and had many highlight-reel saves.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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An outsider romance peppered with gallows humor and bubbling over with giddy optimism, Harold and Maude is a life-affirming, weirdly wonderful film about a rich kid with a death wish and his love affair with an exuberant 79-year-old woman.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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The road was reportedly bubbling just before the sinkhole opened up, neighbors say.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Folks stop in after strolling the RiverWalk or a bike ride along the Beerline Trail for fresh coffee, hot Rishi tea and super smart vegetarian and vegan spins on traditional brunch favorites.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Powering future technology The results showed a distinct splitting in the energy of these spin waves, a subtle but definitive sign of altermagnetism.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 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
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One victim of such a spiral would be the Treasury market, the largest bond market in the world.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Those public comments made by ownership reverberated throughout the Knicks locker room amid a spiral of nine losses in 11 games.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The question is the extent to which this will trickle down to the continent.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Grove and Bunnin collided, the ball trickled away, the runners advanced to second and third, and Lynch scored.—
Tony Gleason,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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