vortex
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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
Insufficient airflow control can prevent the vortex from forming, causing the fire to behave more like a conventional burn.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The BuzzMeter panel long advocated for Rhea Seehorn to win for her performance as the sane, professional Kim Wexler, in danger of being dragged into the main character’s vortex in “Better Call Saul.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
But that could just be me and the dark, slow-churning vortex that’s always there, in me and around me, to some degree.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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