vortex
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While conducting research in the Prussian state archives in Berlin in the 1990s, he chanced upon the details of a “small vortex of turbulence” in Königsberg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
She just didn’t realize that she herself was going to get swept up into its vortex.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
This is just one of a host of ways environmental decisions are being sucked into the vortex that is Europe's energy debate.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
These pressures can trigger what scientists call an "extinction vortex," a downward spiral in which shrinking populations and worsening genetic health reinforce each other and push species closer to extinction.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026
Suddenly realizing what he was doing, Rishi scrambled to help her, apparently consumed by a vortex of regret.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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