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whirlpool

[hwurl-pool, wurl-] / ˈʰwɜrlˌpul, ˈwɜrl- /
NOUN
spinning water
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Travelers in select suites can enjoy private whirlpool spas and outdoor showers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

Byrne’s own children, 7 and 9, helped her snap out of the whirlpool of emotion that was making “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

“To talk about that whirlpool, the uzumaki, there is in the original manga series, a scene where there’s copious amounts of water,” said Sato.

From Salon Sep. 29, 2025

The Corryvreckan whirlpool, between the islands of Jura and Scarba in the Inner Hebrides, is one of the largest whirlpools in the world and considered highly dangerous.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2025

Now, huddled inside the ragged quilt, she was sucked down, in spite of herself, into a black whirlpool of slumber, where nightmare phantoms whirled with her, nearer and nearer, toward some unknown horror.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The Corryvreckan whirlpool, between the islands of Jura and Scarba in the Inner Hebrides, is one of the largest whirlpools in the world and considered highly dangerous.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2025

I managed two exciting trips during its short four-month life, before its magnificent dance in a windstorm and collapse into the whirlpools below on Nov. 7, 1940.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2024

Across the universe, the immense gravitational pull of black holes sucks up whirlpools of gas called accretion disks.

From Salon Sep. 24, 2023

But in several places, the waves swirled and tapered into pinecone-sized whirlpools.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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