gyre
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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
And it eventually became a much-needed daily dose of serenity to keep the widening gyre of anxiety at bay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2024
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing gyre
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
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Oceanography - High School
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