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maelstrom n

A large and violent whirlpool. (figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation. American author Edgar Allan Poe’s short story A Descent into the Maelström appeared in the May 1841 issue of Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, which was actually published in April.

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