The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.    From LearnThat.org.  [Kabbalah (BC 1200?-700? AD).]

"It took us about two years to build this, what we call a vortex lab, and it is just starting to do some research," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Record News Stories] Reference

By morning she had slipped back into what she called the vortex, in which she “wrote like a thinking machine in full operation.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Louisa May Alcott] Reference

Backyard designed by Thom Faulders looks like a vortex from the world of Tron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fox News apologizes for misrepresenting footage again (link roundup)] Reference

Sometimes, the pull of the vortex is so great that only time and distance can protect you.    From Wordnik.com.  [How much is enough? « Dating Jesus] Reference

The india-rubber has then what is called vortex-motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unseen World and Other Essays] Reference

There at the heart of the vortex was the source of the evil light-it was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burning Water]

UPDATE II: You could heat and cool this vehicle with a simple device called a vortex tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: Getting There on Air] Reference

The golden vortex is tough to resist, you’ll be here soon enough (and others like you, too!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corner View- Cityscape « Bodhicitta] Reference

The vortex is the same; we merely lack the validation that comes from a deity sharing our personal priorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: God Cares About What I Care About] Reference

By degrees, however, as you come within what may be described as the vortex of Prague, a great change is perceptible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II] Reference

It seems like the duo is stuck in a time vortex, which is a handy way of sneak previewing disparate elements from the upcoming season.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Inside the Box] Reference

Before the tornado forms, it appears that the downdraft completely engulfs this developing vortex, which is bigger than the actual tornado.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm Warning] Reference

The vortex is approaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friends] Reference

The vortex is the point of maximum energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Revolutionary Simpleton] Reference

8: 39 pm the why vortex is a good way of putting it.    From Wordnik.com.  [en français] Reference

"Scarlett say 'vortex' a bit more sexily, can you manage, hmmm?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Keep cool.] Reference

And the Paschen-alpha 'vortex' nebula around Sgr A-star really stands out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Observatories Combine for Stunning Look at Milky Way | Universe Today] Reference

Do you think he just wants to create a little "vortex" and enjoy the fallout?.    From Wordnik.com.  [About that teacher arrested for a blog comment.] Reference

The NASA Visible Earth page has many more (search on "vortex") and a lot else besides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference

What I want to know is, how many times does the word "vortex" show up in the two memoirs?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Cashill's strange notion that Bill Ayers wrote "Dreams From My Father."] Reference

It creates a kind of vortex, which then funnels down into whoever is trying to consume the energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Beat]

One way not to get caught in that "vortex" was not to Google yourself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

"Helicopters are susceptible to an aerodynamic phenomenon known as the vortex ring state.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

Sounds a lot like triangle craft to me, with their engines, one 'vortex' in each corner.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZPEnergy.com] Reference

A kind of vortex is formed, and there is a constant and powerful indraught through the funnels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements] Reference

There is no bottom on the blade protector, so the beans get drawn up into the "vortex", I guess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes from the Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table] Reference

The devine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Women] Reference

Whether a physical carrying tube was being used, or the water was simply making its way up some kind of vortex, I can't be sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Home Office: The spot where home meets work can be a frightening vortex.    From Wordnik.com.  [CLUTTER BUGS NO MORE] Reference

ON THAT DAY EUROPE plunged into a vortex of metahistorical change called the Great War.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birth Of Modernity] Reference

They also want to learn more about how wake vortex may affect aircraft at low altitudes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unsolved Mystery] Reference

Like a violent postmodern vortex, the bad news sucked down all who struggled to escape it.    From Wordnik.com.  [How crisis PR hasn't kept up with the turbulent times] Reference

Prof. Kim Hyong Joon of Seoul's Myongji University calls this "the politics of the vortex.".    From Wordnik.com.  [One Mob, One Vote] Reference

This creates a small vortex of fire which should remove soot emissions from the atmosphere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hellfighters To The Rescue] Reference

Congress tomorrow becomes the momentary center of the vortex swirling around Hewlett-Packard.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Playbook for the HP Hearings] Reference

For a long moment last weekend, it felt as if the entire nation could be sucked into the vortex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Settling Old Scores In The Swamp] Reference

A comprehensive effort to address global turmoil has to start with its vortex in the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GRAND ALLIANCE] Reference