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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
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It’s been roughly 45 days since negotiations began around a revision of the network’s rights deal with the NFL, and while CBS’ parent company has an awful lot on its plate at the moment, the gulf between expectation and reality is yawning.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026
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Pearl Hotel greets guests with coastal charm and a warm aesthetic, plus a gulf view.—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
30 Apr. 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
Noun
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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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Now, however, a study published today in Nature is challenging this sedate view, suggesting instead that the solar system’s first solids stormed into being much faster from sudden temperature shifts in the disk’s turbulent maelstrom.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Oreo Cloud Latte combines espresso and whole milk with chocolate cookie swirl, and is finished with Marshmallow Cold Foam and cookie crumbles.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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On the Friday night of Watches and Wonders week in Geneva, a swirl of competing events vied for collectors’ attention.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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