whirlpool
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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
“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
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
A wild whirlpool began to spin, its white waves becoming a herd of longma—dragon horses—racing to herald him in.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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
He had whirlpools tattooed on his forehead and his cheeks.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Vocabulary lists containing whirlpool
Magical Mystery List D
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English Language Development Texts, Unit 3
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