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maelstrom

[meyl-struhm] / ˈmeɪl strəm /


NOUN
whirlpool
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Amid the maelstrom of the closing minutes in Cardiff there was a slightly comedic moment.

From BBC

What I have noticed, however, is the lack of their equivalents in our present media maelstrom.

From Salon

The 31-year-old wife of Brooklyn Beckham has found herself in the centre of a media maelstrom following her husband's explosive social media post taking aim at his A-list parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria.

From BBC

The country of 52 million, with the world’s No. 14 economy, has emerged from the maelstrom of 2025 in a geoeconomic sweet spot.

From Barron's

By morning, the clouds parted, and we found we survived the meteorological maelstrom relatively intact.

From Los Angeles Times