as in vortices
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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vortices
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By chance, the vortices helped clear dust from solar panels on the Spirit rover in 2009.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025 -
According to the researchers, telescopes do not provide enough warning regarding these potentially hazardous vortices.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Maelstroms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstroms. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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