vortex

Example Sentences

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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

With the tumour in the speech vortex of her brain, Lauren was unable to speak for weeks after surgery and lost a lot of her cognitive function.

From BBC

Even when users try to escape this vortex of pessimism, they'll struggle.

From BBC

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

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

From Science Daily