whirlpool
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Travelers in select suites can enjoy private whirlpool spas and outdoor showers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
“To talk about that whirlpool, the uzumaki, there is in the original manga series, a scene where there’s copious amounts of water,” said Sato.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
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
Charybdis, a mythical female sea monster, is often depicted as a bottomless sucking whirlpool, but there’s power in accepting your hunger, whether it’s for food or love or armies crossing the sea in boats.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Every time I try to wrap my mind around the concept of the universe, my mind spins as if caught in a whirlpool of information I will never be able to understand.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
The Atlantic island's position in the Hebridean archipelago protects it from the ocean swells, but occasionally brings inhabitants the challenge of navigating the Corryvreckan whirlpools.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
He had whirlpools tattooed on his forehead and his cheeks.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Vocabulary lists containing whirlpool
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English Language Development Texts, Unit 3
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