eddying

present participle of eddy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddying
Verb
  • Rumors of guest list drama are swirling Unsurprisingly, Swift and Kelce have been tight-lipped about wedding details, but keeping an event this huge under wraps is an uphill battle.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • In May, confirming rumors that had been swirling for months, Anthropic’s life sciences lead Eric Kauderer-Abrams publicly acknowledged that the company is building out its own wet labs and hiring biologists to run its own basic research.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Prairie grasses and bonnet strings whip in the wind as the creak of wagon wheels carries across the rippling grassland.
    Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
  • The revenue hit is only the visible half of the story; the same pullback is rippling upstream, into the fields, feedlots, and water tables that supply all that food.
    Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Internal emails, group chat messages and meeting minutes obtained by the Miami Herald show the drama that’s been bubbling up in recent months, as county officials, developers and HOA board members have sparred over the future of the land.
    Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Simmer beans, stirring occasionally, until bubbling and thickened, about 5 minutes.
    Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Other nearby points of interest include gurgling mud pots, or geothermal mud volcanoes, on the eastern shoreline.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
  • As water flows through the pipes past the obstruction, air pockets can form, creating a gurgling noise.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • 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.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • As a Chief Clinical Officer at Help Texts, a global grief support platform, Melissa Lunardini has spent the last two years training grief experts on the AI tools that are trickling into the industry.
    Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
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“Eddying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddying. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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