gulf
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It was a small mercy appreciated by the home support, but the gulf in class when it mattered was still evident as Spain's smooth, unhurried style cut a sharp contrast to England's often frantic efforts.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The gulf between contribution rates of those paying loans and those without debt widened with age.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Age gaps in digital literacy are a global concern, yet the gulf has widened massively in the hyper-connected and fast-ageing country, prompting national campaigns to bridge it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
So for all the tension between the film and its subject to come through in the press of late, the gulf between them is not so wide as one might suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But when the fifth day came, as we sailed closer toward the Tientsin gulf, the waters changed from muddy yellow to black and the boat began to rock and groan.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
The Strait of Hormuz has been a critical trading entrepôt for centuries, a passageway between the Persian and Oman gulfs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
They will need answers if they are to bridge the generational gulfs exposed at recent general elections.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
Crooms wants to narrow some of those gulfs with the grant.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
We are connected, but the fact that we’re so disconnected in so many different ways, just trying to remind each other that with all of those gulfs, there is a way back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
She could feel the emptiness, the vast black gulfs of air that yawned around her.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing gulf
The United States
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 4
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They Call Me Güero
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