maelstrom

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 The Wall Street Money Making Machine In this maelstrom of volatility, investment banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley have found a silver lining. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Somehow or other, that got lost in the maelstrom of everything else that was going on. Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Jokic had lofted a clutch floater to clinch 2OT, and dropped in a free throw to put Denver up 139-138 with 17.1 remaining, a maelstrom in Ball surrounding a man who seemed invincible. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025 Into this maelstrom steps Simmons with a job to correct earlier errors, to prevent new questionable acquisitions and to ensure that the museum’s reputation for integrity and scholarship is not further damaged. Graham Bowley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for maelstrom
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vortex
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  • This faux screener introduces the stage play, the museum show, and the faux bio-pic to the public (or some staged semblance thereof) and leads to yet another vortex of ironic instability.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
  • Beams of light can be twisted to form optical vortices that take a similar shape; optical vortices are often used for wireless transmission of data, the creation of holograms, and numerous other applications.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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