maelstrom
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In the maelstrom, he drew on an experience from three years earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the bombsight’s crosshairs sat Emperor Hirohito, a gentle, scholarly figure unprepared for the maelstrom unleashed at Pearl Harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It took massive lending and Treasury purchases by the Fed to calm the maelstrom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
Here eleven poisonous rivers cut through the mist, each springing from the same well at the center of it all, the roaring maelstrom called Hvergelmir.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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