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
Denver is soldiering through a blast of freezing cold and snow Saturday morning, as winter weather generated by a polar vortex continues to hit the Front Range.
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
As happened earlier this month, this latest cold snap comes from a disruption in the polar vortex, the ring of cold air usually trapped about the North Pole.
Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — will be sunny but cold with a high of 25 and an overnight low around 10.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
During the winter, the polar vortex, which is an area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds the Earth's poles, can expand.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
That means more energy bouncing off and warping or moving the polar vortex, scientists say.
—Melina Walling, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
As happened earlier this month, this latest cold snap comes from a disruption in the polar vortex, the ring of cold air usually trapped about the North Pole.
Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — will be sunny but cold with a high of 25 and an overnight low around 10.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
During the winter, the polar vortex, which is an area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds the Earth's poles, can expand.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
That means more energy bouncing off and warping or moving the polar vortex, scientists say.
—Melina Walling, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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The gulf started out a mile wide and shrank to inches, but each game still ended in defeat.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Jan. 2025
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The gulf is an ocean basin and marginal sea off the Atlantic Ocean that spans thousands of miles along the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Cuba.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Few bathroom features feel as outdated as a jacuzzi or whirlpool tub.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Just minutes from Bavaro Beach, the resort — which just opened in December — features 190 suites, including swim-up rooms with private gardens and whirlpools.—
Meagan Drillinger,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What all this gives us is something of an AI maelstrom as complex as a rabbit warren.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes,
25 Sep. 2024
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The emotion is deep and rich and understandable because for seven years — trying and failing to buy the club, then trying and succeeding and then a maelstrom of work and achievement — Newcastle have been Staveley’s life, often to the detriment of family.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
29 July 2024
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The vibrant orange swirls of a snail shell belonging to the Carelia genus caught their eye—the group once included the largest terrestrial snails endemic to the state.—
Maddie Bender,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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The swirls of clouds in the sky seem a ballet of the brush.—
Daniel Foster,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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