eddying

present participle of eddy

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Verb
  • Some have likened the controversy surrounding Savin's display of old-time mobsters to the debate swirling around old statues of Confederate generals.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There's plenty of headlines swirling before Game 1 begins Friday at Rogers Centre.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In their 2021 work, the Google researchers were able to observe in detail how information spread across Sycamore’s grid of qubits, rippling outward from an initial state.
    Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The instability that followed has haunted Macron ever since and the effects are now rippling through the economy.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a million acres of wilderness stretch across Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, but in the heart of it are three mineral pools—their waters naturally heated within the earth and bubbling at a soothing 99 to 104 degrees.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Prints showed no stringing or bubbling even after several days of continuous use.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With its idyllic front lawn, gurgling fountain, and two-story deck, Elmwood 1820 Bed & Breakfast Inn is a sight to behold.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after Mills jumped in, news began trickling out from Platner’s past.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Indeed, a 2020 study found that meltwater trickling into Antarctica’s ice shelves could infiltrate cracks and force them open, a precursor to marine ice cliff instability that DeConto and colleagues envisioned.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Eddying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddying. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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