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
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
Shrill and high, newsboys cry The gross of the planet's destiny Through one more sullen gyre.
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn
Vocabulary lists containing gyre
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
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Oceanography - High School
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