EDDIED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

eddied

verb

past tense of eddy

as in swirled

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The risk is that Trump fuels suspicions that swirled on Wall Street this summer that Warsh may not be truly independent.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026
Miniature Bellinis, freshly frothed from large pitchers, swirled about on silver trays, happily scooped up by passersby.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of swirled

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Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks tied to the AI boom slumped on Monday, but cybersecurity companies rallied, as concerns about a slowdown in artificial intelligence development rippled across Wall Street.

— Samantha Subin,Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
The shock and pain rippled outward, to sons and daughters who lost mothers and fathers, to parents who lost children, to sisters and brothers, to friends.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rippled

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Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

Definition of gurgled

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The protest camp, which had been reduced to a small corps of devotees, was growing by the hour as familiar faces trickled in for the moment of truth.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
While details about the wedding were initially kept under wraps, with guests reportedly asked to sign NDAs and lock away their phones for the evening, accounts from the night have slowly trickled out in the months following the nuptials.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of trickled

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For Barca’s second, Raphinha dribbled around the goalkeeper and crossed for Yamal, who used one touch to smash it in from inside the 6-yard box.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Gauld dribbled through traffic, after a poor pass by a Galaxy defender, and sent in a shot from the penalty spot in the 57th for a 2-0 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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