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When your winter is essentially one never-ending polar vortex, your house is likely a smattering of salty puddles and footprints.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
The low temperatures enveloping much of the country are due to a polar vortex that started to dip down into the U.S. last week.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
There are strong upper-level winds rotating around the North Pole that normally keep all this cold air contained to the Arctic in the summertime, known as a stable polar vortex.
—Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
According to their models, a high pressure area in the middle stratosphere will push against the polar vortex at the North Pole, forcing the vortex core south.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
The low temperatures enveloping much of the country are due to a polar vortex that started to dip down into the U.S. last week.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
There are strong upper-level winds rotating around the North Pole that normally keep all this cold air contained to the Arctic in the summertime, known as a stable polar vortex.
—Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
According to their models, a high pressure area in the middle stratosphere will push against the polar vortex at the North Pole, forcing the vortex core south.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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Although gulf fritillaries can denude passion vines of all foliage, the leaves quickly grow back, and fruit development is not affected.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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The results taken together further underline the significant gulf in trust between the fans and the ownership right now.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Comprising 300-plus cays, they’re known for spectacular snorkeling spots like Thunderball Grotto, swimming pigs on Big Major Cay, and natural whirlpools near Staniel Cay.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2026
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The polar vortex, a whirlpool of Arctic air typically perched atop the North Pole, dislodged and descended into the Midwest causing the bitter cold.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron was another one caught in the maelstrom.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Iconic photographs from pioneering observatories of decades past, such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, had shown this maelstrom as an extended haze around the nebula’s glowing iris.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Amid the swirl around them, including in their own division, the Heat remained as of Wednesday afternoon in a holding pattern, linked to both Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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To set expectations, this isn't a cheesecake-like swirl.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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