eddying

present participle of eddy

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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
  • Just one week since launch, business is bubbling up organically.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • But even with the multitude of quantum projects bubbling up around the country, those involved in the Connecticut effort are optimistic.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 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
  • This was a time in Hollywood when visual effects tricks and technology started trickling down to television, and the results were some damn fine sci-fi TV.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 June 2026
  • Outside, a marble statue floats in a trickling fountain.
    Jenna Thompson June 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
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“Eddying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddying. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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