as in vortex
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
our rubber raft got caught in a maelstrom in a particularly rough stretch of white water
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Addison found her creative bearings in the incentivized piggybacking of this maelstrom.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
McDavid’s is the face at the center of the maelstrom.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — Juan Soto, man in the middle of a maelstrom, figured out the right thing to do.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Just an hour south of the gaseous maelstrom otherwise known as the City of Angels lurks a quiescent hideaway called Terranea Resort, set like a rare gemstone on 102 acres of Palos Verdes Peninsula oceanfront.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025
McDavid’s is the face at the center of the maelstrom.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — Juan Soto, man in the middle of a maelstrom, figured out the right thing to do.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Just an hour south of the gaseous maelstrom otherwise known as the City of Angels lurks a quiescent hideaway called Terranea Resort, set like a rare gemstone on 102 acres of Palos Verdes Peninsula oceanfront.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maelstrom
vortex
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According to the researchers, Mars' significant orbital eccentricity, or deviation from a perfect circle, causes the atmosphere in the southern summer to circulate more energetically, creating conditions ideal for vortex formation.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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The vortex observed on July 12 was associated with the Deer Creek Fire burning in southeastern Utah.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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