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maelstrom

[mayl-struhm] / ˈmeɪl strəm /


NOUN
whirlpool
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The gossamer thread holding the sacred feminine maelstrom together?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In the maelstrom, he drew on an experience from three years earlier.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In a maelstrom, one might think such niggling questions of jurisdiction and their attendant turf wars would be set aside.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

There have been moments of cinematic wizardry, including the extended, unbroken one-shots set in a culinary maelstrom; there have been entire episodes devoted to a single conversation in closeup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

By the time his vision had settled, the dwarf had disappeared into a maelstrom of churning muck.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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