turmoil
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“I also wanted to tell a story about grief and the emotional turmoil that it can create.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
On the other hand, the prospect of a "super" El Niño predicted this autumn - a warming of the Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years - could lead to more turmoil.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
One beneficiary of the turmoil in the Middle East is Latin America, whose oil and gas production is growing fast.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Manifold’s abrupt departure adds to BP’s leadership turmoil, which has seen four CEOs and three chairmen since 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
While French soldiers engaged in “acts of collective indiscipline,” as their commanders preferred to say, the Russian army was collapsing and Russia itself was in turmoil.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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