tumult

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Banks also have been navigating the tumult unleashed by the Iran conflict in the $30 trillion Treasury market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Cities like Dubai and Riyadh, which have long taken pride in their safety from the tumult of the region, have been drawn in, with the growing chaos sparing few countries in Iran's vicinity.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Fund investors had something to cheer about in January, even though market tumult had caused some scattered boos along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

When Aureliano Serrador and Aureliano Arcaya, the two who arrived during the tumult, expressed a wish to stay in Macondo, their father tried to dissuade them.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez