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Recent Examples of vortex
Inside this opaque vortex of both nonideological and ideological mayhem, the Red Shambhala scene offers kids one (ridiculous) escape hatch away from the alt-violence pipeline.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
These vortices are called flux ropes, and satellites had previously observed small flux ropes—but our work helped uncover how they are generated.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The pool, in the Park Duvalle neighborhood, features a family slide, lily pad bridge, a vortex pool, a climbing wall and a zero-depth entry ramp, The Courier Journal previously reported.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
These vortices are called flux ropes, and satellites had previously observed small flux ropes—but our work helped uncover how they are generated.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The pool, in the Park Duvalle neighborhood, features a family slide, lily pad bridge, a vortex pool, a climbing wall and a zero-depth entry ramp, The Courier Journal previously reported.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
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Worse, slanting political lines so that one party or the other is guaranteed victory only widens the gulf that has helped turn Washington’s into its current slough of dysfunction.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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There were 26 seconds between the two moments, a blink but also a gulf.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The lower level of the house will also include a spa area with a cold plunge tub, whirlpool and steam shower.—
Rachel Wegner,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Her voice unleashes a sentimental whirlpool of longing, betrayal, and post-breakup rage without a hint of irony.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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This one’s closer to immersion therapy for phobias around motherhood, mental health, and emotional maelstroms that refuse to tamed or contained.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Former Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers, whose tenure was dogged by a maelstrom of misconduct allegations that led to his resignation, appeared in federal court in downtown Kansas City on civil rights violation charges on Wednesday.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Seconds later, it was revealed what the fish were running away from as a large humpback whale came up from the depths of the water in a swirl of bubbles.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Every offseason, the whispers of PGA Tour stars defecting to LIV Golf swirl like clockwork.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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