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tempest

[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


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The irony of the latest tempest is that Cook is probably most responsible for ushering in the technology that has made the current political moment possible: the camera phone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Haiti's Civil Protection Agency reported two people died and another was injured Thursday when the tempest triggered a landslide in the west of the island nation.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

An end to the Graeme Shinnie at left-back experiment, the veteran having being turned inside out in the tempest of Celtic's attack in recent weeks.

From BBC May 24, 2025

In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

Guenever, and this might have been surprising to a person who had known her in her days of tempest looked sweet and pretty.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Now, scientists have discovered that these massive tempests can also generate lightning far more powerful than anything typically seen on Earth.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

Over the years, ships lost in tempests have piled up on the seabed, themselves becoming hazards to vessels that drag nets around.

From National Geographic Dec. 15, 2023

For all her country’s failings, for all her family’s scandals, Queen Elizabeth was, as the Bard wrote, an ever fixed mark, who looked upon tempests and was never shaken.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Disney executives tend to dismiss such incidents as tempests in teapots: trending today, replaced by a new complaint tomorrow.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2022

It was his habit to walk to and from church every Sunday, and this he did, undeterred by tempests, boiling sun, or freezing weather.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee




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