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[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


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The new experiment is called TEMPEST, a fitting moniker for what will effectively gauge future tidal surges.

From Scientific American • Sep. 17, 2021

I met him some six years ago when I was on a visit to my father's old friend, General TEMPEST, at Dansington.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 5, 1892 by Various

Will you wear these earrings now and then, and believe that they come from one who has nothing but good wishes for Rorie's wife?—Yours very truly, "VIOLET TEMPEST."

From Vixen, Volume III. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

"A regular moon-calf!" said Cupid, looking up from THE TEMPEST, which was balanced breast-high on the narrow wooden top of the fence.

From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel




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