Thesaurus results for MAELSTROM

maelstrom

noun

ˈmāl-strəm

as in vortex

water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center our rubber raft got caught in a maelstrom in a particularly rough stretch of white water

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Recent Examples of maelstrom In 2019, there was a maelstrom of seismic activity near Kīlauea, deep below the town of Pāhala. —

Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 In the maelstrom of modern war, presumed certainties crumble like piecrust. —

George F. Will, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026 Or the sight of an evil Jerry robot, puppeted by the consciousness of a tyrannical butterfly (Dave Franco), scampering, insect-like, around the fiery maelstrom of a rally gone awry. —

Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026 Its wide main first-floor aisle, a maelstrom on weekends, stretches 391 feet from one end to the other. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maelstrom

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vortex

Noun

Rescuers ended up using ropes and a piece of equipment called the Arizona vortex, which was invented in northern Arizona.

— Holly Williams, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Sections of the granite supports of the Keck statue are cannily manipulated and embellished with stars and swirling vortex-forms in Lithichrome paint into works of art themselves.

— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026