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Recent Examples of eddy
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 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.
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Jason Parham,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2020
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Noun
For anglers, this means shifting your focus to the soft-water seams, eddies, and other areas right up against the bank.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
The crowd eddied, some with batons dancing concentrically around the wheel of fire, others collecting around two young men in white.
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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.
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Jason Parham,
Wired,
14 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
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Meanwhile, Connor Hellebuyck and Matthew Knies also find themselves in the middle of a swirl of chatter as talks heat up ahead of Friday’s NHL draft.
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The Malibu coconut rum, pineapple and coconut flavors can be enhanced by adding a fruit swirl of your choosing — strawberry, blackberry, mango or watermelon.
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Hearing loss may happen in one person's ears, but its effects ripple through every relationship.
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Tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated how quickly geopolitical instability can ripple through global energy markets, supply chains and inflation expectations.
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Bonus features include a feature-length commentary, a gag reel, and four behind-the-scenes featurettes, plus a new Lady Gaga and Doechii music video.
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Shot quickly by stalwart director Jeff Tremaine this spring, half of it is a clip reel of past hits, like the time fan favorite Steve-O slingshotted into the sky in a port-a-potty.
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The bubbling reaction is the result of a chemical reaction that occurs when hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with enzymes in the mold.
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So, which one bubbles to the top of the list?
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This fast-paced, 60-minute performance puts a fresh spin on the classic one-ring circus, blending daring feats with playful mischief and Circus Bella’s signature sparkle with the Circus Bella All-Star Band’s live music.
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This rapid spin can drag spacetime around the black hole, a phenomenon known as frame dragging, and may also help power the enormous relativistic jets observed in active galaxies.
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This friendly stream, purling and chattering its way through shady woods and fertile farmlands flanked by green, rolling hills, seemed a far cry from the mighty Potomac that sweeps majestically past Washington. D.C.
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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.
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If that were to happen, that would be what a death spiral might look like.
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An ascending spiral of social change was rendering structures inherited from the industrial revolution obsolete.
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All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.
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The Giants broke the scoreless tie when Luis Arraez scored in the sixth on an infield single by Rafael Devers, running home when Austin Riley’s throw bounced off Olson’s glove and trickled away from him and down the right-field line.
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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