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From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Long-range weather forecasts suggest that the vortex could strengthen again later in the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Scientists attributed the expansion primarily to an exceptionally strong polar vortex, a large circulation of winds that influences atmospheric conditions over Antarctica.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Could the earliest weakening of the polar vortex on record bring UK snow?

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

In the stairwell, the floors and stairs below were a white-water river, a vortex of cascading waves.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Its three suns move and align in such a way as to create regular but random apocalyptic events, from infernal heat to sudden ice ages to gravitational vortexes, that destroy the civilization again and again.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

Mobulas are known to create vortex formations when feeding or resting, but this is the first time vortexes have been reported in a mating context.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

It also allows researchers to study how changing the size and shape of individual magnetic vortices affects their behavior.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Our study shows that atomic-scale steps can act as effective rails that guide superconducting vortices, and that this guiding effect can be tuned simply by changing the temperature or magnetic field," said Uchihashi.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Being able to control where these vortices travel could therefore help scientists improve superconducting devices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

However, superconductors also contain tiny quantum structures known as vortices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Adam’s irises were light blue with dark radial lines leading into the vortices of his pupils.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck