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vortex

[vawr-teks] / ˈvɔr tɛks /
NOUN
whirling mass of water
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Taylor Mac’s approach was to employ a sense of irony to the best-known Glass/Ginsberg collaboration, “Wichita Vortex Sutra.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Meteorologists say temperatures could plunge well below freezing in some areas as the frigid northern air, known as the Polar Vortex, settles over the country.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Appeared in the January 10, 2026, print edition as 'A Vortex of Spirituality'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

But I initially missed her 2020 book, “In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico” — an oversight I have happily been remedying this week.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Local Teen Trapped in Parental Vortex of Expectation and Disappointment, Doesn’t Expect to Be Rescued The nice thing about having an overachieving asshole for an older brother is that it takes the pressure off.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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