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maelstrom

[meyl-struhm] / ˈmeɪl strəm /


NOUN
whirlpool
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Her motto is to keep a “cool head” amid the maelstrom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Her take is a maelstrom of splendid beauty and doomed love, colliding at a feverish pace that makes the fidelity to Brontë’s book moot.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

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 • Jan. 20, 2026

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 • Dec. 31, 2025

Every time Shay screamed, Tally knew she was about to follow her friend through a wall of spray leaping up from the maelstrom.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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