turbulence
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What happened weeks later would plunge his party back into a period of unprecedented turbulence.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
While flying high for the moment, SpaceX could still face unexpected turbulence -- as evidenced by competitor Blue Origin's recent launchpad mega-explosion.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
ERShares last week said it would create a “protection plan” for shareholders to help reduce turbulence from SpaceX’s public listing, which is scheduled for Friday.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Known to posterity as “Stobaeus,” he lived in a time of turbulence, when “the Roman Empire was collapsing in the West but holding up better in the Greek-speaking East.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Werner has been reading the popular science magazines in the drugstore; he’s interested in wave turbulence, tunnels to the center of the earth, the Nigerian method of relaying news over distances with drums.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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