as in vortex
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
in The Odyssey, Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship
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You also may be instructed to avoid swimming pools and whirlpools for one to two months.
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Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
Guests also have access to pools, steam rooms, saunas, whirlpools and gardens.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2025
Ocean Spa at Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa is home to the Aquarian Baths, where the whirlpools help to release all tension and stress.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
Dust devils spun in the distance, moving like flying whirlpools across the scrubland.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025
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Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
Guests also have access to pools, steam rooms, saunas, whirlpools and gardens.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2025
Ocean Spa at Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa is home to the Aquarian Baths, where the whirlpools help to release all tension and stress.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
Dust devils spun in the distance, moving like flying whirlpools across the scrubland.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whirlpool
vortex
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Highly nonlinear filaments, vortices and eddies start forming patterns and structured networks.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2025
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The opposite of a heat dome is the polar vortex, when cold Arctic air plunges southward and stalls.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 June 2025
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