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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Studies show that a fast-warming Arctic is partly to blame for the increasing frequency of the polar vortex extending its grip.
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Patrick Whittle and Brian Witte, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The polar vortex — ultra-cold air spinning like a top — usually stays above the North Pole, but sometimes stretches down to the U.S., Europe or Asia, causing intense doses of cold.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit colder than normal as the polar vortex stretches down from the high Arctic.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2025
What forecasters are seeing from the approaching polar vortex is a 70% to 80% likelihood that temperatures are going to be below average across South Florida.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Whittle and Brian Witte, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The polar vortex — ultra-cold air spinning like a top — usually stays above the North Pole, but sometimes stretches down to the U.S., Europe or Asia, causing intense doses of cold.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit colder than normal as the polar vortex stretches down from the high Arctic.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2025
What forecasters are seeing from the approaching polar vortex is a 70% to 80% likelihood that temperatures are going to be below average across South Florida.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
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Trump's promise to rename the gulf isn't the first.Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Familiar issues persist, however, including the gulf between the predictable top three and the lower end of the table, and the worryingly incessant frequency of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures.Jessica Hopkins, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Then remove the stopper and run the disposal again to create a powerful whirlpool that will remove any leftover debris.Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Be sure to check out the whirlpool bathtubs in each room, too.Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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Amid the maelstrom, doctors, nurses and other caregivers did their jobs.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since then, Lively—along with Reynolds, to a degree—has found herself at the center of a fast-moving media maelstrom.Sam Reed, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2025
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Brown entered the pre-arrest Diddy rumor mill in October with an Instagram post that threw the death of Porter, in 2018 from lobar pneumonia, into question and effectively threw the tragedy into the swirl of questions circulating about Combs.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
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The wind is bending thick swirls of flame over Sunset Boulevard and the firefighters are helpless to stop it.Matt Gutman, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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