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maelstrom

[meyl-struhm] / ˈmeɪl strəm /


NOUN
whirlpool
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Winfield and Buss weren’t the only names associated with the sports world to wade into the mayoral maelstrom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Welcome to Wild Wednesday when a maelstrom of factors leaves the stock market needing some of its most trusted Big Tech names to lead it through the chaos.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

In the maelstrom, Root stood tall to notch one of the few milestones missing from a glittering career.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

She flipped cheerleader routines into an overwhelming bitcrushed force, burying them in a maelstrom of bleeps, bloops and primal screams that sounded like the optimism of Silicon Valley crashing down around her ears.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

The maelstrom was coming undone, with little twisters coiling sideways out of the water.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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