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vortex

noun as in whirling mass of water

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noun as in whirling mass of air

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And here we are again, caught in a swirling vortex from which we can't seem to escape.

From Salon

Big Tech is falling into a vortex of self-propelling errors that’s had the effect of polluting the entire digital information ecosystem.

From Slate

That’s true of many minority groups, but when it is multiplied by the sometimes-unspoken requirements of marriage—very Tammy Wynette, very “Stand By Your Man”—it creates a vortex impossible to escape.

From Slate

Kaplan is drawn into a vortex of elongated time, where a day turns into a week turns into a month and where deadlines are written on water.

“At that moment I just felt as if I had a very, very intricate piece of embroidery or work, and it was just unravelling in front of me. I could feel my whole world collapsing in like a vortex.”

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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