whirlpool
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Travelers in select suites can enjoy private whirlpool spas and outdoor showers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
On the way to port, a powerful wave struck from two directions creating a whirlpool, and the boat flipped.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
“To talk about that whirlpool, the uzumaki, there is in the original manga series, a scene where there’s copious amounts of water,” said Sato.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
Charybdis, a mythical female sea monster, is often depicted as a bottomless sucking whirlpool, but there’s power in accepting your hunger, whether it’s for food or love or armies crossing the sea in boats.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
He had hoped Gurgi would have overcome his fear, but he could not blame the creature for running off after his ordeal in the whirlpool.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Meanwhile, on the walls are large sheets of colourful paper covered in swirled patterns, some like tornados or whirlpools.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
These eddies are like giant whirlpools and often reach the abyssal seafloor, resulting in seafloor erosion and large sediment accumulations called contourites, akin to snowdrifts.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
Across the universe, the immense gravitational pull of black holes sucks up whirlpools of gas called accretion disks.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
When a superfluid rotates, little whirlpools, or vortices, develop.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2023
The wind kicks up, whirling leaves into little whirlpools.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing whirlpool
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