tempestuous
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All that positivity, smiling, parades, the unbridled civic joy inspired by a championship…it wears a bit weird, even to the devoted who ride with this tempestuous franchise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
But the charged particles hurled into space by our tempestuous Sun - the particles that create the aurora borealis - can also unleash very rare but extremely disruptive events here on Earth.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
When the tempestuous swings of the algorithms meant standard, free social media posts weren’t getting the visibility they used to, many businesses shifted to ads instead.
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025
But the relationship was tempestuous from the start.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
The “Danse Macabre” came to a tempestuous and discordant end.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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