gyre

Example Sentences

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The expedition will travel from Seattle to the Gulf of Alaska and then continue to the subtropical gyre, with a stop in Honolulu, Hawaii.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Even if the gyre of contemporary fandom demands mess, spite, flops and redemption arcs, Lipa glides over all of it, with morally sound politics and an immaculately tasteful book club to spare.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

Watching the gyre of emotions on campuses from Connecticut to California, those words feel as if they could have been written this week.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

They were carried to the South Pacific by the South Pacific gyre, a circular ocean current.

From National Geographic • Feb. 21, 2024

But the rook has built, and the song-birds quire,    And over the faded lea The lark soars glorying, gyre on gyre,    And he is the bird for me!

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by Henley, William Ernest