whirlpool

In the meantime, Blackpool is stuck in a whirlpool, where cheap accommodation draws in people down on their luck, who in turn place huge strain on local government services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

On the way to port, a powerful wave struck from two directions creating a whirlpool, and the boat flipped.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

Byrne’s own children, 7 and 9, helped her snap out of the whirlpool of emotion that was making “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

And that whirlpool — getting lost in your own head about being the only one who can pull it off — that’s where the danger lies.

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

With the whirlpool barely a yard wide and closing, I drop the doubloon, close my fingers around the puzzle piece, and thrust my fist upward, offering completion to the distant sky.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The Corryvreckan whirlpool, between the islands of Jura and Scarba in the Inner Hebrides, is one of the largest whirlpools in the world and considered highly dangerous.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

These eddies are like giant whirlpools and often reach the abyssal seafloor, resulting in seafloor erosion and large sediment accumulations called contourites, akin to snowdrifts.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

Across the universe, the immense gravitational pull of black holes sucks up whirlpools of gas called accretion disks.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023

When a superfluid rotates, little whirlpools, or vortices, develop.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2023

Other times, whirlpools smash their heads against rocks.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario