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Recent Examples of vortex
Rescuers ended up using ropes and a piece of equipment called the Arizona vortex, which was invented in northern Arizona.
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Holly Williams, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Sections of the granite supports of the Keck statue are cannily manipulated and embellished with stars and swirling vortex-forms in Lithichrome paint into works of art themselves.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Krüger spent almost two years training Filou to select the bigger of two vortex rings generated artificially underwater.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The cloud patterns are far too regular; realistic imagery shows a much more mottled vortex.
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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Holly Williams, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Sections of the granite supports of the Keck statue are cannily manipulated and embellished with stars and swirling vortex-forms in Lithichrome paint into works of art themselves.
—Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Krüger spent almost two years training Filou to select the bigger of two vortex rings generated artificially underwater.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
The cloud patterns are far too regular; realistic imagery shows a much more mottled vortex.
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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The article explored the poignant sibling renaissance between Vuong and his younger brother Nicky after the death of their mother; the decade-wide gulf between their life experiences became less notable as the process of bereavement threw them together with great intensity.—
Sarah Moroz,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita laid waste to drilling, transport and refining facilities around the Gulf of Mexico coast in 2005, gas prices soared in the South, Midwest and along the East Coast, which depended heavily on crude and refined gas produced in or near the gulf.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Two boys tussling over a bladder in a three-foot-high canvas painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in the late 1760s snarl up in a whirlpool of pain, each twisting the other’s right ear.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The whirlpool hot tub came in handy a few times, after snorkeling in unusually cold waters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The immediate aftermath of a split tends to be less clear, a hazy maelstrom that can involve medicinal tubs of ice cream, insomnia by way of intrusive thoughts, and an aversion to wearing anything other than sweats.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Blue Hill, as a private nonprofit, avoided much of this maelstrom.—
Laura Martin Agudelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The ensemble's combination of bright and dark hues, resembling a swirl of watercolors, gave the look dimension, while the dress's flowy hem added an ethereal touch.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirl of plastic trash more than twice the size of Texas.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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