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tempest

[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


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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

When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

When Ruben Amorim predicted a "storm would come" surely even he did not anticipate the scale of the tempest through December.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

And selling herself and her hospital to the camera crew, McLendon-Covey turns herself up high, a tempest of real and forced enthusiasm.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2024

Sobered by the force of the rising tempest, I realized that I’d gotten down the trickiest ground just in the nick of time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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