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maelstrom

noun

ˈmāl-strəm

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 Her Alice becomes a blazing embodiment of the emotional maelstrom inside every woman who is expected to somehow put on a supportive, understanding face no matter how outrageous or impossible the situation. —

Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 Floyd’s vulnerability in the midst of this psychosexual maelstrom provides the show’s creative spark. —

Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026 If there is a God, Ahamed should win a second one for 1873, his utterly compelling history of the world’s first global financial disaster and how the Rothschilds banking family got caught up in the maelstrom. —

Air Mail, 6 June 2026 This light has a very specific wavelength, or color, but the JWST observations showed a minuscule shift in this color from one end of the maelstrom to the other because of the hydrogen’s motion. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for maelstrom

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vortex

Noun

The shape of Shinnecock spins you in a vortex, with crosswinds galore.

— Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Such a point is usually a vortex in a continuous vector field.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 June 2026