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
Now he shouts, now he sings in the rapture of his wings, And his great heart burns intenser with the strength of his desire, As he circles like a swallow, wheeling, flaming, gyre on gyre.
From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét
Vocabulary lists containing gyre
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
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Oceanography - High School
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