maelstroms

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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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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