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Noun
we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf
the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along
Verb
with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
The gulf is an ocean basin and marginal sea off the Atlantic Ocean that spans thousands of miles along the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Cuba.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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Noun
The gulf started out a mile wide and shrank to inches, but each game still ended in defeat.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
The gulf is an ocean basin and marginal sea off the Atlantic Ocean that spans thousands of miles along the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Cuba.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
So many gulfs separate us now: geographical, anatomical, psychological.
—Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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“Gulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gulf. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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