vortex
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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
This vortex both held the planets in their orbits and pressed objects down towards the surface of the Earth.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
We take trips to breakup boot camps, energy vortexes or atheist retreats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Small disturbances at that boundary can then grow into waves or swirling vortices.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The newly discovered vortices could supply part of the answer.
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
All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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