vortex
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The combination creates a vortex effect, which pulls hot ash, embers and debris into a spinning column.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
The Criterion Channel can be a vortex as inescapable as any Ferdinand Magellan encountered during his expedition that first circled the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The magnons transfer some of their energy to the vortex core, causing it to move in a tiny circular path around its center.
From Science Daily • 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
I didn’t know what to do, and if it weren’t for Aunt Tuti, I might have been caught in a vortex of my own confusion and despair.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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