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
The vortex has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern U.S. around mid-February.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 13 people, including at least 11 in Kentucky who died during flooding from heavy rains.
—CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
The big picture: Experts told Axios that the cold outbreak is tied to the tropospheric polar vortex, as well as perhaps the vortex in the stratosphere.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Decker believes that as the global temperature increases on average, there will be more blasts of cold air because of recurring displacements to the vortex.
—Bella Kubach, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 13 people, including at least 11 in Kentucky who died during flooding from heavy rains.
—CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
The big picture: Experts told Axios that the cold outbreak is tied to the tropospheric polar vortex, as well as perhaps the vortex in the stratosphere.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Decker believes that as the global temperature increases on average, there will be more blasts of cold air because of recurring displacements to the vortex.
—Bella Kubach, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
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Even if Putin were to agree to this interim détente, there remains a gulf between the positions of Russia and Ukraine, which wants security guarantees before signing a ceasefire with a giant neighbor that has violated past agreements.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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This is bad enough, but then there’s the wide gulf of sensibility that separates Rock and Martin; the latter’s effete irony just doesn’t gel with Rock’s political trenchancy.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The all-suite property also features two pools, whirlpools, a fitness center, and a kids’ activity center.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2025
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The outdoor pool and hot tubs and the spa’s whirlpool are equipped with lifts.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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We are caught up in a political maelstrom, and yet the effect is startlingly intimate.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Jan. 2025
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Popular on Variety Robby, a calm and experienced leader with a phenomenal bedside manner, acts as a center of gravity in an ever-swirling maelstrom of doctors, nurses, students, social workers, ambulance drivers, administrators and patients.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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That’s why the Maryland demand – coming in the midst of a swirl of legislative hostility and intense legal scrutiny – seems like a much bigger deal than the prior cease-and-desist letters.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Chocolate Fudge Brownie: Chocolate light ice cream filled with chewy fudge brownies and swirls of brownie batter.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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