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vortex

[vawr-teks] / ˈvɔr tɛks /
NOUN
whirling mass of water
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Now it’s, “Hey, you got to reform. You’re going to play Coachella, because you have a song that has 800 million streams,” an insane algorithmic vortex that you cannot control.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The Criterion Channel can be a vortex as inescapable as any Ferdinand Magellan encountered during his expedition that first circled the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She just didn’t realize that she herself was going to get swept up into its vortex.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Even when users try to escape this vortex of pessimism, they'll struggle.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

“Don’t, Adam. Don’t. It’ll create an infinite vortex, and we’ll fall in and never come out.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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