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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On Monday, worries about the impact of the political maelstrom on France’s public finances briefly pushed the government’s borrowing costs above those of Greece.
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
What all this gives us is something of an AI maelstrom as complex as a rabbit warren.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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
Amid the maelstrom, doctors, nurses and other caregivers did their jobs.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
What all this gives us is something of an AI maelstrom as complex as a rabbit warren.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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
Amid the maelstrom, doctors, nurses and other caregivers did their jobs.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for maelstrom
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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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