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maelstrom

noun as in agitation

noun as in whirlpool

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Much of the time I was depressed just trying to keep from drowning in the maelstrom of events and emotions swirling around him.

While that may suggest there was a spike in reader interest amid the political maelstrom coming out of Washington in recent months, there are caveats.

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The authors trace the origin of HTS to the maelstrom of the early years of the Sunni insurgency in Syria.

Some have expressed sympathy for team leadership for being thrust into a political maelstrom not of their making.

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The dealmaking frenzy, which has drawn much of the technology industry into the maelstrom, has contributed to growing fears that a bubble is building in AI infrastructure.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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