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maelstroms

noun

plural of maelstrom

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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Recent Examples of maelstroms This one’s closer to immersion therapy for phobias around motherhood, mental health, and emotional maelstroms that refuse to tamed or contained. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025

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vortices

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Try the West Fork of Oak Creek hike for a daylong adventure (with 11 rivers to cross), Broken Arrow Trail for an easier (yet no less scenic) stroll, or Boynton Vista Trail, which takes you to the Kachina Woman rock formation, one of the town’s four vortexes.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
These vortices form in pairs, rotating in opposite directions, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026