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 Even if Florida dodges a direct hit by a major hurricane this year, the uncertainty of storm-prediction capabilities and recovery aid are likely to drive Florida’s property insurance industry into a maelstrom of uncertainty, potentially fueling catastrophic rate increases. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025 Years before the current maelstrom in Washington, a group of university leaders, business leaders, government and military leaders was working to position U.S. higher education in a new light. David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 All is not lost to the maelstrom of the New World Order. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 Now, Mayor Bass has proposed folding the bureau into the Professional Standards Division amid a maelstrom of budget cuts, a flurry of criticism from conservative media and the targeting of DEI by the Trump administration. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for maelstrom
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vortex
Noun
  • Highly nonlinear filaments, vortices and eddies start forming patterns and structured networks.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
  • The opposite of a heat dome is the polar vortex, when cold Arctic air plunges southward and stalls.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 June 2025

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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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