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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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This sets off a chain reaction of events culminating in the creation of a “polar vortex” with more extreme cold, storminess and snow.

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

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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.

Murphy has dropped a few hints in interviews in saying he was inspired by the sinking feeling that the world is ending, sucked into the vortex of a death spiral between good and evil.

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For some animals, like genetically isolated mountain lions in Southern California’s Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains, safe passage across whizzing freeways and concrete landscapes could stave off an extinction vortex.

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

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