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tempest

[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


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Now comes nerve-jangling Korean director Na Hong-jin, long a revered force in genre cinema thanks to “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing,” with his own bid for immortality, the alien-monster tempest “Hope.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

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

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

Sobered by the force of the rising tempest, I realized that I’d gotten down the trickiest ground just in the nick of time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

Once the skies clear and the floodwaters finally recede, emergency managers expect this spate of tempests to rank among the deadliest natural disasters in state history.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 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

We will overcome; we will endure all of life’s tempests.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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