tempest
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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
Sir Lawrence had had too much of Francis to be surprised that he had again stirred up an unnecessary tempest.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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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
They have looked on the tempests of war, economic turmoil, civil unrest and seesawing politics and remained, as Shakespeare said, an ever-fixed mark, adapting to atmospheric shifts but essentially unchanged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
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
But lately, with the mercurial weather and my new dog-walking schedule, I’ve found myself caught in bright sun showers, swampy mists and downright tempests.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
I hated these emotional outbursts, these tempests of passion, for they always left me tense and weak.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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