maelstrom
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Anthony and Grietje left the maelstrom of 17th-century Amsterdam to start over in the New World.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Winfield and Buss weren’t the only names associated with the sports world to wade into the mayoral maelstrom.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
In Wales - a bigger test in a maelstrom and a test passed.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
The country of 52 million, with the world’s No. 14 economy, has emerged from the maelstrom of 2025 in a geoeconomic sweet spot.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Her wet clothes and gear dragged at her, but just as her lungs were about to burst, she broke the surface into the maelstrom.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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