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gyro

[jahy-roh] / ˈdʒaɪ roʊ /
NOUN
gyrator
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The beef and Fritos bag earned the highest rating of 7.9, while the chicken and gyro meat bags earned much lower scores.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2024

The menu globe-trots around the Mediterranean and through India; there are dolmades and gyro sandwiches, chicken korma and saag paneer.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

A nearby bus depot is a hub for commuters and tempts them to linger with a boba tea shop, a gyro stand and an outdoor cinema.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

“It seems like every day, he’s coming in working on new pitches. He’s coming in laughing, ‘Oh, I got a gyro, little slider that goes up and down today.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

The gyro had widened; The Great Chain of Being had snapped like so many paper clips strung together by some drooling idiot; death, destruction, anarchy, progress, ambition, and self-improvement were to be Piers' new fate.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

When he cooks, Foley said he often reaches for McCormick’s recipe mixes, made for easy addition to tacos, gyros or Korean BBQ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

It was a harsh reminder that under the idyllic white villages dotted with gyros restaurants, hot tubs in AirBnB rentals, and vineyards on rich volcanic soil, two tectonic plates grind in the Earth's crust.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025

A lunch truck pulled up to sell gyros to hungry folks in the crowd, irrespective of their politics.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

“I think it’ll be a horse race, if we’re able to make it out to the 2030s, between the gyros and the fine guidance sensors,” he added.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2022

Ifemelu would come to like the gyros from those carts, flatbread and lamb and dripping sauces, as she would come to love Philadelphia itself.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



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