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A rapidly rotating flow; figuratively, a powerful situation that draws things into it.

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vortex

The character felt trapped in a vortex of increasingly elaborate excuses.
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A vortex swirled in the river beside the landing, drawing floating twigs into a rapidly rotating flow that the travelers watched from the bank.
From The Guide Cannot Be Trusted.
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