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Noun
Soccer has a habit of undervaluing these sorts of cultural shifts, and as a result misunderstanding the currents that eddy and swirl around it, invisibly and inexorably shaping its reality.—Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 June 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.—Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
Verb
In its pursuit of those ideas, Deep Blue Sound doesn’t always cohere, but its eddies and tidal pools are still full of treasures.—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025 There are also plasma eddies and other phenomena that interfere with the operation of satellites and degrade their materials.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eddy
These rays famously feed in two ways: The first is called cyclone feeding, where hundreds of rays gather in high-density food areas, circling to form a large swirl of predator and prey.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
When pancake is ready to flip, squeeze the cinnamon mixture into a swirl shape on top of the pancake batter, pressing the tip of the bag slightly into the batter.
The dog's cheeks and neck bubbled up, a common side effect of rattlesnake bites.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Wearing their swimsuits, the billionaire Amazon founder and Sánchez could be seen playing in foam that bubbled up on the deck in clouds of thick, frothy bubbles.
Agency decay manifests across the aspirational, emotional and intellectual realm, directly shaping our behavior, Which perpetuates the spiral that derives us ever deeper into artificial dependency.
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Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
This brush’s flexible bristles are stout and widely spaced to minimize tugging and breaking tight spirals of hair.
The stream of haunted houses for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights continues to trickle out, and Friday’s announcement sounds like a cool relief for folks living through another Florida summer.
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Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
Turn on a soaker hose for about 10 minutes, then turn the water off for an hour to allow the water to trickle down into the soil, not runoff.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
The rigidity or inflexibility of the curve directly influences the complexity of the surgery, with more rigid curves often requiring more extensive osteotomy bone cuts to achieve proper alignment.
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Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Where the opportunities lie The front and the belly of the curve remain the most attractive, said Rieder, who is also the portfolio manager of iShares Flexible Income Active ETF (BINC) .
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