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This interaction compresses the plasma into a dense sheet, which then slams into smaller gas clumps, resulting in a cosmic maelstrom that amplifies magnetic field strengths far beyond what a single shock could achieve — matching the unexpectedly strong values seen in observations.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Former Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers, whose tenure was dogged by a maelstrom of misconduct allegations that led to his resignation, appeared in federal court in downtown Kansas City on civil rights violation charges on Wednesday.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Inside the maelstrom of Rogers Centre, preparing for an emergency, Kershaw had lost track of the outs.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Even those of us too young to have lived through it were caught in the maelstrom.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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vortex
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Don’t want tender young shoots popping out when another polar vortex is right around the corner.—
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In these cases, the equations will predict a fluid moving in some unphysical, incomprehensible way — spinning into an impossibly fast vortex, for instance, or instantly reversing its flow.—
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“Maelstrom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maelstrom. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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