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From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Long-range weather forecasts suggest that the vortex could strengthen again later in the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Scientists attributed the expansion primarily to an exceptionally strong polar vortex, a large circulation of winds that influences atmospheric conditions over Antarctica.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Could the earliest weakening of the polar vortex on record bring UK snow?

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

After the Breton engineers who had designed and assembled the vortexes told everyone to take their seats, the “Prometheus” team quieted down, and waited.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Mobulas are known to create vortex formations when feeding or resting, but this is the first time vortexes have been reported in a mating context.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Although most people have never heard of skyrmions, these microscopic magnetic vortices may eventually play an important role in how computers store and process data.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The findings demonstrate that even a surface feature only one atom high can have a powerful influence on the movement of quantum vortices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Within this range, vortices could flow freely along the steps without becoming trapped by imperfections in the material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under certain conditions, these vortices moved more than 1,000 times more easily along the steps than across them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin