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Recent Examples of vortex
The coldest temperatures seen since the 2019 polar vortex are forecast to hit Chicago starting overnight Thursday.
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Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The Milwaukee area hasn't had wind chills this cold since January 2019, when a polar vortex moved through the area, Miller said.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere, when the polar vortex around Antarctica creeps northward.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
The polar vortex isn't new, according to the weather service.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The Milwaukee area hasn't had wind chills this cold since January 2019, when a polar vortex moved through the area, Miller said.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere, when the polar vortex around Antarctica creeps northward.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
The polar vortex isn't new, according to the weather service.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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But the gulf between public opinion and civil culpability is vast, attorneys for the platforms say.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the past few days, the gulf between the top brass and the rank and file has grown.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dedicated locker rooms have state-of-the-art whirlpools and saunas to prepare the body for seasonal treatments.—
Brandon Presser,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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Access saunas, steam rooms and whirlpools for full relaxation.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 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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To set expectations, this isn't a cheesecake-like swirl.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Inevitably, Big Ant soon comes crashing back down to Earth and the swirl of anger and sorrow that await him there; inevitably, Lil Ant and Lozita are forced to face his unhappiness, and figure out how to react.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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