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
They had not been taught to keep a gulf between me and themselves; they were relatively free of the heritage of racial hate.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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
"It does give me confidence because I think the problem before was that I felt like I was gulfs away from the very top."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
The other two spawn in the spring in either the central Baltic or its gulfs farther north.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2022
There sometimes are gulfs in how communications issues are perceived, the audit showed.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 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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