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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

For those not chronically online, however, this past week’s tempest over Wikipedia can be jolting—especially given the site’s objective to remain trustworthy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 4, 2025

Amid the film’s self-conscious depiction of a brewing tempest, he remains a true force of nature.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

So I hope that’s not just a ripple; I hope it’s the butterfly wings that start the tempest, leading more and more people to behave like socially conscious consumers.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

“It was a tempest in a teapot,” said Raymie’s mother.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

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

At the time of his resignation, his decision to step down humbled and humanized a pope whose papacy had become associated with tempests.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2022

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

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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