turmoil
Example Sentences
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Church was sensitive to the political turmoil of the period.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Investors can take these statistics at face value, accepting that stocks have proved resilient amid geopolitical turmoil and that earnings—which have inspired much of the gains—trump all.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
With all this emotional turmoil, it’s no wonder more workers are taking hardship withdrawals.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Up until then, China imported almost half of the world’s used plastic, and the collapse in this market spread turmoil among U.S. recyclers and resulted in more used plastics being sent to landfills.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
But with the heavens also in turmoil, all the immortals were too concerned with their own affairs to attend to the ones on earth.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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This Week in Words: October 13 – 20, 2018
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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