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Recent Examples of maelstromThis 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.—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 See All Example Sentences for maelstrom
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vortex
Noun
Don’t want tender young shoots popping out when another polar vortex is right around the corner.
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Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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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