vortex
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This might be because the Integratron was apparently built on a geomagnetic vortex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Eyewitness footage from the region captured the swirling vortex of the tornado looming in the horizon above houses and trees.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Detonation waves form through a fluid mechanical instability involving wave and vortex patterns in the flowing gases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
She clings to me as tightly as if I were keeping her from being sucked into a vortex.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
After the Breton engineers who had designed and assembled the vortexes told everyone to take their seats, the “Prometheus” team quieted down, and waited.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 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
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Small disturbances at that boundary can then grow into waves or swirling vortices.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Zooming in on the Sun's surface, the team captured a detailed view of swirling vortices.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
All measurements of the magnetic vortices and analysis of data from multiple instruments were carried out using the Labmule program developed at HZDR, which is available as a lab automation tool.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 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
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