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Recent Examples of eddy
Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
The eddies spin up in the open ocean and race underneath ice shelves.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
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
In a more complicated setup, gentle currents might merge into whirlpools and eddies.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
The eddies spin up in the open ocean and race underneath ice shelves.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
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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But beyond that, debates about the best way to do this swirl.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s why there was such a swirl of excitement at SXSW around The Sun Never Sets, Swanberg’s first film in almost a decade and a winning romantic-triangle indie set in Alaska, starring Dakota Fanning in the best performance of her career.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When funding for these services is cut, the consequences ripple through neighborhoods.—
Cordell Cleare,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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But scientists have only tuned into this music of the spheres for about a decade, thanks to sophisticated observatories that were custom-built to pick up these reverberations—gravitational waves—which ripple otherwise unnoticed through the fabric of spacetime.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The rookie’s highlight-reel finish put the Celtics ahead 29-27 after one.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Lendeborg had a highlight-reel dunk by bullying his way through two defenders and finishing his transition drive with a dunk to put Michigan up 66-57.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive news bubbling around the globe and places it all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
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The cauldron was bubbling and people could see the potential.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Beauty of Joseon borrows from that history but gives it a modern spin, blending classic botanicals with modern ingredients that feel easy to layer into a routine.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
21 Mar. 2026
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Another important finding is that the SUPER method preserves the internal quantum spin state of the system.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 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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The result was a 9-1 thumping by the Hurricanes that started the Panthers’ 6-11-0 spiral that dropped them from playoff contention and also triggered Carolina’s 12-game point streak that vaulted the team to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Walmart Deals of the Day are basically built to break that spiral.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Prep school standbys were seen across the runways for spring 2026, and are now trickling into transitional outerwear looks, with the help of a major wardrobe hero piece.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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As word that filming had paused trickled out—before the allegations were known—rumors spread that Paul being the Bachelorette had caused friction among the Mormon Wives stars, which was what led to the hiatus.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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