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 The lack of federal regulation around generative AI amid its rapid proliferation has contributed to a growing maelstrom of confusion and criticism around what datasets AI companies are using to train their models. —

Angela Yang, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 All this has hurled the 19 San Jose State volleyball players into the maelstrom, positioning them between friendship, teamwork and their own senses of fairness as drama swirls around them. —

Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024 The due stood in front of their decks, twirling their controllers and laptops against an LED wall displaying a maelstrom of light and energy. —

Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 In the maelstrom that followed, the police and the military refused to back Castillo. —

Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for maelstrom