as in gulf
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
a boat sucked down into the vortex
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Recent Examples of vortex
The polar vortex is stirring up, bringing the earliest hints that the weather is changing with the new fall season.
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Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
In terms of functionality, anyone who’s been met with an unexpected wind vortex on the city streets can appreciate the ease of having a scarf that’s already readily available.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
The common thread of players positioning themselves for power will continue to run through Season 4 as current and former employees continue to navigate the vortex of the network and media world.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
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Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
In terms of functionality, anyone who’s been met with an unexpected wind vortex on the city streets can appreciate the ease of having a scarf that’s already readily available.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
The common thread of players positioning themselves for power will continue to run through Season 4 as current and former employees continue to navigate the vortex of the network and media world.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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China limits European equipment in telecoms infrastructure China is reportedly limiting the use of European equipment in its telecoms infrastructure, pointing to a deepening technological gulf between Beijing and the West.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The gulf between who Nelson really might be and how an aggregate of cultures—Colombian, American, capitalist, masculine—has molded him is the source of the play’s tragedy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ryuji is pulling Usagi towards the whirlpool, hoping to head to the world of death alongside her.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Now Boggs, Wade, and Richardson are venturing into the maelstrom of publication together, fortified by friendship.—
Megan Marshall
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Carollo’s latest stint in office has brought about a maelstrom of litigation, including lawsuits filed by the Ball & Chain nightclub operators.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Azoulay updated Compton, a maximalist swirl of florals, with a midnight black backdrop, while Pierce & Ward scaled down the same pattern and punctuated its inky lines with a soft oatmeal ground to create Compton Parvum.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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