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

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

From National Geographic • Feb. 21, 2024

As Carelli proceeds through the events leading up to that night, the gyre of his investigation widens, and Joan takes up less and less space in the story of her own death.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.

From Christian Science by Twain, Mark