maelstrom
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Into this maelstrom of social jockeying Dostoevsky cast the gentle Prince Myshkin, whose lack of guile makes him a figure of fun among the vain and calculating people he encounters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
At the center of the maelstrom is Coltrane — who describes himself as “cast-iron black, six foot three and 235 pounds of mostly muscle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
The maelstrom roared around him, up and up like the walls of a green well, with the bright eye of the sky and the silhouettes of the Crux and the Current circling far above.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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