as in vortex
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
our rubber raft got caught in a maelstrom in a particularly rough stretch of white water
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Recent Examples of maelstrom
India has found itself at the center of the geopolitical maelstrom, and is now on the precipice of its own economic conundrum.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
Yet many industry guests seemed to embrace the trade-off, relishing a festival embedded in a cultural maelstrom rather than the solitary centerpiece.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Now, under intense pressure from City Hall, these 11 beholden board members want to throw a school system that has endured more than its share of chaos back into the financial maelstrom.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Yes, Hayden Birdsong is caught in a developmental maelstrom right now, and Kyle Harrison is currently on the Pawtucket Red Sox, but Landen Roupp has been stellar.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 July 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
Yet many industry guests seemed to embrace the trade-off, relishing a festival embedded in a cultural maelstrom rather than the solitary centerpiece.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Now, under intense pressure from City Hall, these 11 beholden board members want to throw a school system that has endured more than its share of chaos back into the financial maelstrom.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Yes, Hayden Birdsong is caught in a developmental maelstrom right now, and Kyle Harrison is currently on the Pawtucket Red Sox, but Landen Roupp has been stellar.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maelstrom
vortex
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Over the longer term, forecasters will watch whether the vortex remains stable or weakens later this fall.—
Brandi D. Addison,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Bruni Tedeschi captures her in that vortex — her pulmonary illness confining her to bed one minute and her artistic drives reanimating her with defiant spirit the next.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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