turbulence
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Air India, which Tata Group bought from the Indian government in 2022, has been dealing with a period of operational turbulence.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Political consultant Mike Trujillo, who is supporting Bass, said the kinds of turbulence Bass has faced this year is par for the course for a big-city mayor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Gale-force winds created "extremely difficult conditions resulting in many cases where aircraft either cannot draw water or cannot carry out drops due to extreme turbulence", Tournas said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
“A track-mounted passenger seat assembly that is installed incorrectly can disengage from the seat tracks if there is an increased load, turbulence, or emergency landing,” the FAA said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But what they hadn’t known and discovered with the help of my analysis was that the forces associated with wake turbulence can be so great that they can somersault a plane out of the sky.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
“The current turbulences and twists and turns are the ones that we do not wish to see,” Li said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
"But now we see little turbulences - meaning, an improvement - compared to what we saw in the first few months," he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023
Companies with operations outside the United States also face headwinds from a stronger dollar in the wake of steep interest rate hikes and geopolitical turbulences.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2022
There were even more serious turbulences in Bulgaria.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, there were those caravans which came during turbulences in the null and which seemed worthwhile to the now practiced eyes of Kio Barra.
From The Weakling by Dongen, H. R. van
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