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maelstrom

[meyl-struhm] / ˈmeɪl strəm /


NOUN
whirlpool
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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

What I have noticed, however, is the lack of their equivalents in our present media maelstrom.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

The 31-year-old wife of Brooklyn Beckham has found herself in the centre of a media maelstrom following her husband's explosive social media post taking aim at his A-list parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Every time Shay screamed, Tally knew she was about to follow her friend through a wall of spray leaping up from the maelstrom.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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