vortex
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In the proof, a spaghetti-like vortex gets smaller while spinning faster and faster, its speed growing without limit in what mathematicians call “finite-time blowup.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
"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
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
The newly identified vortices could provide an important piece of that puzzle as well.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The newly discovered vortices could supply part of the answer.
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
Adam’s irises were light blue with dark radial lines leading into the vortices of his pupils.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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