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"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Until that inevitable conclusion, I’ll be rooting for Max Cady’s campaign against the Bowdens’ vortex of selfishness, which is entirely OK to do.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The importance of frequent-flier points also would shock analysts emerging from a time vortex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Even knowing what was happening as the campaign went on, I found it difficult not to get sucked into the vortex.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

The entire maintenance compartment had become a vortex of whirling gears that seemed to want to suck Nailer in.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

"So you get these big vortexes, it's quite intense, with these outbursts of activity."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

Sedona’s energy vortexes beckon droves of spiritual seekers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

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

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The newly observed plasma vortices may offer an important clue to how the Sun stores and releases energy within its magnetic field, including through tiny bursts of radiation called nanoflares.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Zooming in on the Sun's surface, the team captured a detailed view of swirling vortices.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

In this phase, the magnetic directions of individual atoms, called magnetic moments, organize into swirling structures known as vortices.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin