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vortex

noun as in whirling mass of water

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noun as in whirling mass of air

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“Just throw yourself into the vortex,” he says, trying to coax Arisu.

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"So you get these big vortexes, it's quite intense, with these outbursts of activity."

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Her campaign only started to sputter after it seemed she couldn’t escape his vortex.

From Salon

We meet spouses and children, some of whom are more enthusiastic than others about being tangentially pulled into the Real Housewives vortex.

From BBC

Magistrate Robert Webster agreed with the defence and found that the incident happened due to a dust devil - an upward spiralling vortex of air and debris - that was "unforeseen and unforeseeable".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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