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gyre

[jahyuhr] / dʒaɪər /


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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

Thanks to a persistent circulating current known as a gyre, they’ve collected in a single spot in the middle of the north Pacific.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2023

WAS brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

From The Best Nonsense Verses by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon




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